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       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 10:53 am
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       The feeling of icy water hitting River's skin only earned a
       groan of disapproval. He rolled onto his back and threw a pillow
       at Death's face with a grumbled "fuck off," hitting both men as
       he turned over, unwilling to get out of bed quite yet, at least
       til he remembered where they were and realized someone was in
       the bedroom with them. He sat up still mostly asleep and glaring
       at the bedroom intruder. "Fuck are you doing in here... ever
       heard of knocking?" He complained.
       ----
       It felt like they were back home, that fixeruper that they had
       spent way too much time on but it was theirs. A knock on the
       door disrupted their sleepy morning moment and then ruined as
       the two men first fought through the door before opening it to
       resume their arguing. Tobias managing to get his way as Death
       backed off to go get Daevon.
       Jun slowly slipped out of bed getting dressed in a dress set out
       for her by the staff. Likely something Death wanted her in when
       he finally had her to himself again. It was short and slinky,
       more suitable for the bedroom or club that a family breakfast
       but the Chimera didn't even question it as she put the dress on.
       Once she had her high heels on she was ready. "I'm ready," she
       said cheerfully, trying to not focus on the fact that Tobias
       would be taken away from her again after this mornings
       breakfast. She got to see her son and spend time with her boys.
       ---
       The doctor looked up from his work when he heard Steele's voice.
       A blush creeping onto his cheeks as the automale mechanic got
       very close, even commenting on how Sébastien smelled. "T...
       thanks you. I should be ready soon." He said as his back
       straightened. Normally he didn't let anyone get this close to
       him, and yet, having Nickolas so close was comforting. It was
       strange to the reclusive man.
       War couldn't help but chuckle at Alice's teasing.
       "As is normal," War sighed and gently lifted her off his body
       and set her on the bed.
       "If you're going to see that ass, I'm going with you. I'm not
       letting him treat you alone ever again,"
       War quickly got dressed, pulling on dark pants, shirt and combat
       boots. Then he started to follow Alice to where James had been
       set up to do his work. They'd only gotten partway there when War
       was stopped by one of his men and told to add Pestilence to his
       training session.
       "Take a message to James for me. Tell him I require Alice to
       train with me this morning and he can see her after. Let's go
       find my brother, Alice," War said reaching to take her hand.
       "Seems like I'm in high demand today." He commented and headed
       to Pestilence's room.
       ------
       Dior felt something stir inside watching Famine slowly taking
       them in.
       "Why thank you cutie you look adorable yourself. That's great.
       I slept very well, thanks for asking. That was our plan last
       night. Would you like to get breakfast first? The cooks here
       make the best Belgium waffles. Plus, there are always all sorts
       of juicy personal dramas to listen to," Dior added, with a grin.
       "Unless you'd rather get something in the city,"----
       Rebel woke slowly, hearing someone cursing and a needle digging
       around in his arm. It was one of the worst ways to be woken up.
       At least he was hyped up on pain meds so his broken leg wasn't
       bothering him.
       "Geeze this guy's got terrible veins, they keep rolling,"
       "Just stop stabbing me already, let me do it," Rebel rasped out,
       his mouth and throat super dry.
       The aid working on him nearly jumped out of their skin and
       dropped the needle.
       "Holy shit! Doctor, this guy's awake!"
       "Could you stop yelling in my ear and get me some water please?"
       Rebel asked picking the fallen needle from the bed and
       straightened his arm enough to get it into his vein. "There,
       needle in, now take whatever blood you need, or push whatever
       you need into me,"Death sighed.”I had to wake you up somehow..
       get up little plague bringer.. you got training heading your
       way.” He told him.
       ——
       Tobias got dressed before tying his hair back. He saw her attire
       for the morning and sighed.”you look beautiful - but I do miss
       the summer dresses you wore some mornings.. “ he offered his
       arm. The outfit felt like a shot fired at him knowing where
       she’d go for the night.. and whose eyes would be feasting over
       her body… that was not him.”ready to see our son?..” he asked
       gently.
       ——
       “ I always dress this way.. eventually I’ll dress more in what I
       like.” He said with a smile. “I don’t mind going and listening.
       Not terribly hungry at the moment- though word circulating
       around right now about pest stabbing his man in bed.. or
       something to that affect.. never know how much information
       changes in between people to know what the truth is.” He said to
       chuckle.”but grabbing food outside- I don’t mind. I know a place
       that makes quite the feast. Their fruits freshest on this side
       of town.. fresher than this mansion honestly. And surprisingly.”
       He said to offer his arm out of the blue earning strange stares
       from staff.
       ——-
       Rachel was quietly taking in the nurses working on rebel while
       she waited.. when he suddenly woke up!  She blushed a bit at her
       promise and realized it was gonna have to wait.  She understood
       his pain.. she knew she wanted water but didn’t want to fuck
       with them fixing her. “Sleeping beauty wakes up. About time!”
       Said Rachel. “I’m glad you’re okay.. and thank you for helping
       me..” she said and blushed a bit.
       —-
       Alice blinked at war.”not alone?.. “ she blushed a bit before
       collecting her outfit to get dressed. She tugged it on and let
       war buckle her back up. They were on their way when war was
       informed as Alice brightened up at the idea of not going just
       yet. She took his hand to nod. She followed war down the hall as
       she watched the guy that would meet the brunt of James rage for
       her not being there.
       — “Breakfast? Why just me? Can’t river come with me?” He asked
       as death shook his head.”he won’t be joining.. this is a
       mandatory thing between you, your mother and your father.”
       Stated death with the deepest sigh he could muster.”mom…” said
       Daevon looking happy.”wait.. did you just say my da.. my dads
       dead!” He said and glared.”not funny!”
       Death looked at him.”I assure you Tobias rosecroft is alive and
       well, I didn’t know he was alive either till yesterday..” stated
       death as Daevon seemed to breath a bit in and out.”….you didn’t
       know bullshit! I’ll see with my own eyes.” He said not believing
       what he was being told- nor the fact the maid and death saw the
       man in his naked glory getting clothes on that they had.
       The maid was looking down and glanced at pestilence and seemed
       to give a look of ‘now I know why you kept this one.”’ Before
       she walked out.
       —-
       Steele gave a grin.”flustered already? The day only just begun.”
       He said to put his hand on the small of Sebastian’s back.”now
       these connectors need to be tightened a little.. if she passes
       out means we need to break.. but if I know her she will power
       through…” he said and then his finger ran across as he
       purposefully touched the man’s hand.”good thing you have
       delicate fingers for the work that needs to be done.. mine are
       much to big to try.” He said.
       —-"Training? For what?" Questioned the groggy humuculus as he
       scrubbed his face with his hands. "Daevon isn't going anywhere
       without me..." He added as his eyes went to his boyfriend,
       watching the man go into a bit of a frenzy about his parents as
       Daevon accidently flashed the invaders I'm his rush to get
       dressed.
       River slid out of bed, pulling on clothes himself, intending to
       follow after his frantic boyfriend.
       ---
       A bright smile crossed Jun's lips when Tobias called her
       beautiful before talking about the sundresses she used to wear
       regularly. "Thank you, I should see about getting some
       sundresses, I miss having them when it's warm. I can't wait to
       see Daevon! I... haven't seen him since he tried to get me out
       of the previous facility...." She said with a sad tone to her
       voice. Maybe if she had stayed in her room her son and his
       friends would have gotten away. A guilt began to eat at her.
       She took Tobias's arm and half dragged him out of the door,
       masking her feelings with bubbly excitement. "He has grown so
       much! Have you seen him yet?" She questioned.
       ----
       The heart in Sébastien chest felt like it was going to leap out
       at any moment when he felt Stelle's hand on his lower back. He
       could barely focus on what the man was saying, which didn't get
       any better when Nickolas touched his hand before admiring how
       delicate they were. It had the doctor's face a deep crimson.
       "Yes, I have made notes... it... is hard to not get flustered
       around someone... like yourself..." He said, unable to deny the
       man was making him feel all kinds of strange ways he was
       unfamiliar with. Dior was rather amused by the gossip that
       Famine shared. "I'm sure it was used more as a euphemism." They
       said with a soft chuckle.
       Understanding that Famine wanted to get more time outside of the
       mansion they nodded at his suggestion.
       "Outside it is," Dior replied and took his offered arm.
       It was a bit amusing to see the shocked faces of their coworkers
       as they walked past. Once they were outside Dior paused looking
       at the cars out in the courtyard.
       "It's a bit far to walk, do you feel like driving? I don't
       really drive all that well," Dior confessed looking a bit
       embarrassed.
       -----
       Rebel was already glancing around and saw Bobby unresponsive and
       looking quite pale. Hearing Rachel's voice, he turned, blushing
       a bit at being called a sleeping beauty.
       "You're welcome," he croaked out and made a face at how dry his
       tongue felt. "Water...please," he practically begged.
       The shocked nurse moved to grab him some water, while another
       noticed that Sebastian had seemingly frozen in the middle of
       working on Rachel's arm.
       "Doctor, if she needs a break, maybe you can come check out baby
       face over here,"
       Rebel made a face at being called baby face. He downed a
       mouthful of water and forced out, "Names Rebel,"
       -----
       War had the feeling the crazed scientist might not take the news
       well. He'd just have to deal with that later. He was getting a
       bit fed up with James' outbursts. If Death wasn't going to keep
       the man in check, then he would. There were other doctors that
       they could use instead.
       "You'll never have to deal with him alone," War promised.
       They made it down to the east wing where Pestilence's room was,
       to see Death emerge with the human and Pestilence emerge a
       moment later.
       War shot a look at Death before addressing their younger
       brother.
       "You ready for a training session? I thought it might help to
       reach you how to defend yourself better against Famine's
       attacks. And we used to train together every morning before you
       disappeared,"
       “.. mean I’ve heard crazier things that came from pretty normal
       circumstances in truth-“ said famine as they made their way to
       the door. “We can take a car.” He said whistling for a driver.”I
       don’t drive either but my guys know how.. so please just relax.”
       He said to go to one of the cars he uses normally to open the
       back door and let Dior in. He told the driver where to go for
       breakfast and slid in the other side, his coat shifting back to
       sit and shut the door. He looked out to watch the world pass by
       the people bustling like normal. His eyes blinked a bit to
       shifting back to Dior and how he looked.”after a bit of eating
       there’s a place I wanna hit up.” He said with a smile.
       ——-
       Death looked at pestilence.”training like we have always done-
       this breakfast is Daevon only.. I am only joining only out of
       necessary obligations.” He told pestilence as Daevon walked by.
       Death saw war.”look pestilence.. take just this one morning of
       training and I’ll let you have the rest of the breakfasts all
       you want with Daevon. This kind of conversation doesn’t need
       extra people and more of a family thing..” he explained as
       Daevon paused.”and what of you?” He asked as the man just looked
       at him.”Jun will be having my baby- so in turn be your half
       sibling.” He told the man to see Daevon make a face. “That’s why
       we need to talk.. I’m not forcing her- she’s willing to do so
       out of her own free will. But since boss is insisting you two
       have a bond for her sake.. it’s best we have this conversation.”
       He told the man.
       Alice  was happy to hear the promise.. but she felt what he may
       see he wouldn’t like. But given how Albert was with her as well-
       it would be something war would have to deal with. She didn’t
       get her freedom from just nothing.
       She could feel the tension between pestilence and death. And
       more so with each word passing at the idea that the conversation
       death was having and the nature to the why, she slinked behind
       war holding his arm out of habit as she watched them interact.
       For the first time Alice blushed at the prospect of children.
       She never really thought about it but now that was on her mind.
       ——
       Steele heard the nurse walking in as they were ‘finishing’ with
       the plans for the surgery to hear the nurse asking for checking
       up on rebel. “Best you check him over before we start, be
       wheeling the patient in the surgery room.”  He said to chuckle
       and blush. He went to walk past to go into the main room where
       the three was to see rebel being fussed over by a few nurses and
       Rachel being shifted to go to the next room.
       “be ready girly.. least in a bit you’ll have some new
       connectors.. now remember.. “ he started, but Rachel finished.”I
       pass out, gonna have to break to come to and it’ll take longer-
       I know.. just don’t be tryin to get in the docs pants while he’s
       working on my arms..” she said flatly at the man. He just
       smirked.”I’ll try not to..” he said walking with her out.
       “Think maybe we can have an outing.. might have a third person
       in tow since I’m not trusted outside the walls in my own.” He
       said. He listened to her talk and got a soft smile. He picked up
       on her tone and sensed her guilt.
       Juni hadn’t changed aside from the new additions of a tail and
       ears.. and the purring. It wasn’t hard to tell she was trying to
       mask how she was feeling. He got another soft look.  He got a
       smile as he figured in time she would open up to him. But
       hearing her next question brought a look to his face as if it
       had been a long time.”last time I ever remember seeing
       anything.. was a photo. I bet he’s grown lots.” He said and
       smiled.”I wonder what kind of man he grown into.” He said.
       A look of doubt and distrust was written all over River's face,
       his eyes even glaring at being called Pestilence. The way these
       two looked at him made him question himself. They had a air of
       familiarity that he just couldn't place. Aside from that, he had
       already seen the man put a gun to Daevon's head to get hin to
       comply. While River had healed quite a bit during the night, he
       was still healing. He didn't know how he knew, but he knew that
       these two were immensely stronger than Famine. He couldn't take
       them both on in order to follow his boyfriend.
       "Fine....." River said with a huff. "Two things though, first,
       my name is *not* Pestilence, it's River. Second, if Daevon so
       much has a hair out of place there will be hell to pay...." He
       practicly hissed, venom in his threat.
       ----
       The doctor cleared his throat as Nickolas pulled away when the
       nurse walked in wanting Sébastien to check on a patient that had
       just woken up. "Right, I will be there momentarily." He said,
       taking a moment to regain his composer. When his eyes were back
       to their usual blue, he walked out of his office and down to the
       area that Rebel was being kept. "Good morning," he greeted as he
       watched Steele take the patient to get preped.
       "How are you feeling today? I am going to do a quick look over
       you before I go into surgery. When I have time later I will be
       back to ask you more questions and chat with you about what is
       going on and your condition." He explained as he put his
       stethoscope into his ears and began to listen to different parts
       of Rebel's chest and back before examining his eyes ears and
       throat. After taking a few more vitals he finally finished.
       "Everything is looking good, I'll be back after while." He said
       before hurrying of to get dressed for surgery.
       ---
       "Oh that would be fun! Maybe to a park or something. Unless you
       wanted to go into town. I have ti hide my ears and tail for that
       though." Jun said happily chattering with her beloved husband.
       The pair soon made it to the dinning hall where a breakfast
       spread was already waiting for them. Now all that was missing
       was her son... and Death. She hoped the men would figure out a
       way to get along.
       Dior's eyebrow rose at Famine whistling and eyed the driver that
       appeared. "Okay," They murmured, not quite relaxing until they
       slide into the back seat and Famine got in next to them.
       Dior wasn't sure why they trusted Famine so easily. Usually they
       were on edge around strangers. It was a little puzzling that
       Famine made them feel safe.
       "Oh? You going to tell me where or is it supposed to be a
       surprise?' Dior asked, gently tracing their fingers over the
       back of Famine's hand.
       ----
       War stayed a healthy distance from Pestilence, not wanting Alice
       to get caught up in any argument that might turn into a fight.
       Feeling her behind him, holding his arm made his protective side
       flare up even more than normal. It seemed that their night
       together had changed him in several ways.
       When Death mentioned Jun bearing a child, War turned to glance
       at Alice. While it wasn't what he had planned, he realized they
       hadn't taken any precautions to prevent pregnancy. Was it
       possible that Alice was already pregnant herself? Gods he hoped
       not. He was nowhere close to being ready to raise a kid.
       War hadn't expected for Pestilence to actually agree, so was
       surprised when he did.   A wave of sadness went through him when
       his brother insisted on using a different name, but he wasn't
       going to offend him.
       "All right River, I'll want to see how You're healing before we
       get into anything too strenuous," War finally said and led the
       man and Alice to the practice arena outside.
       "The last thing you need is your wounds reopening,"
       ------
       Rebel was a little annoyed with how the nurses were being so
       handy and was relieved when they pulled away when the Doctor
       came over.
       "Kind of like a pin cushion with a really dry throat," Rebel
       joked with a roll of his eyes.
       He lifted his head to watch as Rachel was wheeled out of the
       room. His eyes darted quickly around the room, assessing the
       exits and set up and how many people there were in the room. It
       was a hard habit to break.
       "All right, thanks Doc," Rebel replied, resting back against the
       lumpy hospital bed. He shifted when the cool metal stethoscope
       touched his bare skin. He relaxed a bit more, once the doctor
       pulled away an old left to work on Rachel.
       "If you want, I can give you a sponge bath later," one of the
       handsy nurses offered, moving in to readjust his pillows and
       covered him back up.
       "All I'm gonna need is water and a commode and maybe food. Do
       you have any good pudding here?"
       Death seemed to get through to a point. He could hear the venom
       in the man’s voice and worried that their pestilence wouldn’t
       come back. This sort of anger really wasn’t like him. “Alright..
       River. You have my word not a hair out of place.” He said as he
       seemed to relax a little. He heard war talk about light
       training.”probably mild stretching and a jog.. warm ups would be
       best and not so strenuous for river.” He told war. It felt odd..
       yet somehow having a name like that fall from his mouth
       rekindled his wish to have a name of his own..  not the many
       aliases he had to go by.. not death.. for the first time.. in a
       long time a wish ignited inside. Besides a family.. a name more
       befitting of the life he wanted.
       Alice seemed to relax a little bit once things seemed not so
       tense. She noticed as well as death how he positioned himself
       protectively. “Alice.” Said death as the woman moved her head
       his way.”if you see James today, please ask him to join me later
       for dinner.. it’s an important matter.” Alice made her nod of
       affirmation. “If he gives you lip- remind him that I can break
       his other hand.” He said as Alice nodded simply again.
       “Come please.” He told daevon as they walked off to leave the
       trio to their work.
       Alice looked at pestilence as she took in the name he had. She
       smiled.”I like your new name.. it’s better than the old one
       River.. think it fits.” She said nodding firmly.  She knew only
       a handful of moments being around him in the past.. they were
       exceedingly rare, but she remembered him being cool as a
       cucumber, and not very interactive with others. “I work alone.”
       Still rang in her ears - the only words he really spoke when
       around others that wasn’t the other three.
       ——
       Death let a breath out as Daevon kept up with the man’s strides.
       He didn’t believe the man till he rounded with him in the dining
       room. There sat his mother to the left of his father.. it was
       always how they sat, his hand holding Jun’s.
       The only things that felt out of place was his moms ears, and
       the dress she had one that made her look like she was going to
       some fancy nightclub. Death seemed more than happy to see her in
       it.
       “Dad..” Tobias heard as he turned from his wife. After telling
       her he wouldn’t mind a nice visit to town. Of course it meant
       death would need to go with them- but taking her out would do
       them both good.  His eyes went wide at his son. The boy he saw
       was now a man, and clearly the Rosecroft gene took for his
       looks. Tobias stood up and got around the table to hug Daevon
       who was shaken.. his hands slowly going up and hugging him
       back.”how… I thought…” he said sobbing.”I didn’t think I’d see
       you ever again..” said Tobias. “Come.. your mother is waiting.”
       He said to sit back in the seat to her right, as death took to
       her left. Daevon sat to the right of his father as he saw the
       bustle of food coming in.”this is going to happen every
       morning.. you’ll have time with your mother.” He told the man.
       For the first time in days death asked for food, opting for a
       boiled egg, some oatmeal and strawberries. “Also we are going to
       talk about Jun having *my* children.. this is also to try to get
       to know you. And hopefully can accept I’m in your life as well
       as your mothers.” He said as he made a slight face at the
       idea.”I am not calling you dad.” Daevon said flatly.
       —-
       “Suprise.. I will say it’s kind of a mom and pop shop- it’s
       family ran, and cozy.. I kind of make sure they are protected
       and been paying with what cut of money I got so they don’t get
       touched.” Said famine with a sigh. He had a habit of paying
       protection for places he enjoyed the most, given how much he had
       a tendency to save made it possible. He blushed at the feel of
       the fingers tracing the back of his hand in a thoughtful way.
       His mind wandered on how they’d feel on his body again in a
       different way and shook himself from such thoughts.
       They managed to the small resteraunt.. if one didn’t look twice
       would look like someone’s home- until you got inside. There were
       some tables scattered and a place to pay. He led Dior to a
       window that let in the bright light and sat down. The smells of
       the food from the kitchen wafted in as famine began to rethink
       about eating.. he could smell the fresh cinnamon rolls as well-
       realizing today was the day they’d sell them fresh from the
       oven.”think.. I will have something to eat today.” He said with
       a smile.
       ——-
       Rachel once wheeled in and legs strapped down looked at the
       blinding light. She saw the doctor and Steele dressed in their
       scrubs. To say it was rough was an understatement. Cries mixed
       with insults and cursing-would echo in the room, as they worked
       on what had to be replaced. To say it felt like a fresh dose of
       hell to her. A few times when it felt like she was a minute
       would be met with.”still with us woman.” To be met with a faint
       yes.
       After to what Rachel felt like ages, did they finish up. Her
       eyes reddened from crying, her body trembling with what pain she
       was feeling, pills and water were finally given. Her voice felt
       hoarse as she asked.”so how long till I can…” she managed before
       making a wince as Steele made his adjustments.”stubs need to
       heal more, but your arms are ready.. your lucky I was building a
       female set to begin with- I’ll figure out how you can repay me
       since your mixed up in this mess.” He said to finish up. Hearing
       the three strangers use his name caused River to relax a little.
       "Whatever..." was his response to Death and War. Falling more
       into his more typical pre amnesia behavior. Collected, calm,
       with a look of iritation scribbled across his eyebrows. He made
       no further protest as he followed after War. He was quite
       surprised at the redheads comment about his 'new name' making
       him make a scoffing sound. "It's not new.... but thank you..."
       He responded. The resentment of being forced to come to this
       place and having to let them take Daevon had him on edge.
       When they got to the training ground, River pulled his shirt
       off, showing the bandages off that sorely needed to be changed.
       "So... you got a name? I know you people think I know you but I
       don't... I don't remember anything before I woke up and lived as
       a human...." He explained. It bothered him, the way their eyes
       showed recognition when he hadn't the faintest idea of who these
       people were.
       ---
       The procedure was long and  tedious. Working around delicate
       nerves, taking old parts out while trying to cause as little
       damage as possible before replacing each part, putting in
       stitches where they were needed. In retrospect, he was in and
       out quickly, but he was exhausted when he finally finished.
       "You shouldn't use your arms for a few days at least, if not
       weeks to let it heal properly. I will be in my room if anyone
       requires me, I need a good shower. I will be back in two hours
       to check on everyone." He explained before leaving the room. He
       went to his nurses to give them instructions. He deeply missed
       having Dior when they had their days off. Soon, the clinic was
       settled and the doctor went downstairs to the wing that held the
       staff rooms. Withing a few minutes of closing his bedroom door,
       he was stripped and in the shower.
       ----
       Seeing Tobias reunited with Daevon brought a tear to Jun's eyes.
       It wasn't until everyone was settled that Death pulled the
       bandaid right off starting with the elephant in the room.
       —
       Jun having Death's children. At least he was no longer trying to
       convince Daevon or Tobias that she wasn't who she thought she
       was. More and more memories were coming back. "No one expects
       you to call him dad sweetheart." She reassured her son, gently
       squeezing Tobias's hand in her.
       "My... memories have only come back very recently." She added,
       hoping her husband and son wouldn't judge her for seeking
       protection from Death. She wasn't even sure how to explain that
       she gave herself to the man, promising to be his.
       —-
       Dior was quite curious about the surprise place that Famine was
       taking them. It was a bit endearing to hear how protective
       Famine was. Dior was pretty sure that there were other things
       the man did secretly to keep other people safe.
       Dior smiled softly, seeing the flush in response to their touch.
       Like Famine, Dior's thoughts wandered to more explicit images.
       They drew their hand back once the car stopped and followed
       Famine inside.
       Dior ignored the looks shit their way, reaching to hold Famine's
       arm before sitting down across the table.
       "I don't blame you, it smells divine in here," Dior said,
       relaxing a bit.
       After a quick glance at the menu their waitress brought over,
       Dior ordered fresh fruit, a cinnamon roll style waffle and a
       cappuccino.
       "So...is there anything more you'd like to know about me? "
       -----
       War felt a little amused by Death's message for James, and
       threat to break his other hand. Between them, he and his brother
       would get James to mind.
       War's eyebrows furrowed at the exchange between Alice and his
       brother. Could he really not remember anything about who he was
       and what they'd been to one another?
       War felt his heart plunge when River asked his name, shock
       showing clearly on his face.
       "Damn," he muttered, and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm War,
       second eldest. There's a lot of memories you've lost. Maybe we
       can help you remember, but I guess there is no guarantee of
       that." War sighed feeling a bit sad and frustrated by the whole
       situation.
       Seeing that River's bandages were soaked through in several
       places had War pulling out his phone to text one of his men.
       "I'll have one of my men bring a medic to help redo your
       bandages. Then we'll do that workout,"
       War was pretty sure that River wouldn't want him or Alice to try
       and help, and he wanted to give the man time to get used to him
       again.
       ------Dior was quite curious about the surprise place that
       Famine was taking them. It was a bit endearing to hear how
       protective Famine was. Dior was pretty sure that there were
       other things the man did secretly to keep other people safe.
       Dior smiled softly, seeing the flush in response to their touch.
       Like Famine, Dior's thoughts wandered to more explicit images.
       They drew their hand back once the car stopped and followed
       Famine inside.
       Dior ignored the looks shit their way, reaching to hold Famine's
       arm before sitting down across the table.
       "I don't blame you, it smells divine in here," Dior said,
       relaxing a bit.
       After a quick glance at the menu their waitress brought over,
       Dior ordered fresh fruit, a cinnamon roll style waffle and a
       cappuccino.
       "So...is there anything more you'd like to know about me? "
       -----
       War felt a little amused by Death's message for James, and
       threat to break his other hand. Between them, he and his brother
       would get James to mind.
       War's eyebrows furrowed at the exchange between Alice and his
       brother. Could he really not remember anything about who he was
       and what they'd been to one another?
       War felt his heart plunge when River asked his name, shock
       showing clearly on his face.
       "Damn," he muttered, and ran a hand through his hair. "I'm War,
       second eldest. There's a lot of memories you've lost. Maybe we
       can help you remember, but I guess there is no guarantee of
       that." War sighed feeling a bit sad and frustrated by the whole
       situation.
       Seeing that River's bandages were soaked through in several
       places had War pulling out his phone to text one of his men.
       "I'll have one of my men bring a medic to help redo your
       bandages. Then we'll do that workout,"
       War was pretty sure that River wouldn't want him or Alice to try
       and help, and he wanted to give the man time to get used to him
       again.
       ------
       Rebel felt a bit too spoiled, the two nurses fussing over him
       once Rachel had been taken away. He kept stealing glances over
       at Bobby's still form, his concern growing more by each moment.
       "Would you like another jello or pudding cup?" The blonde nurse
       cooed next to him and played with his hair.
       Rebel pulled his head away and nearly jumped as the first scream
       came from the surgery room.
       "What are they doing to Rachel? Tell me!" Rebel demanded,
       struggling to sit up.
       The nurses tried to reassure him that Rachel had to stay awake
       during the procedure and let the two men know if it was working.
       Rebel felt like punching them and crawling to her rescue.
       Unfortunately the nurses could see how agitated he was and gave
       him a sedative to keep him from moving.
       "You all are monsters," Rebel slurred shooting them angry glares
       as his eyelids became heavy once more. He let out a groan as the
       drug took effect pulling him into sleep; the sound of Rachel's
       screams the last thing he heard. Alice heard the scoff, but his
       thank you came out to smile a bit. Alice noticed the bandages
       looking soaked. The purple a reminder of what they were.
       She saw how war was and how frustrated he seemed at the loss of
       memory of pestilence. “Formally I am project, Alpha 4-i-1-C-3,
       but most call me Alice.. prefer it.” She said. She wasn’t use to
       seeing pestilence this bad. The man almost seemed untouchable in
       the past. But seeing him settle in his pre-state of memory
       seemed to make Alice more prone to talk casually.
       ——
       Death sighed deeply. As Daevon listened to his mother and Tobias
       felt the squeeze of his hand. He lovingly squeezed back.”when
       mom?” He asked wondering just how recent those memories came in.
       “I don’t like the idea.. honestly I think mom needs to stay with
       dad.” Said Daevon with a look that told death he didn’t like
       this plan.”you can think what you believe.. but your mother is
       in something important for me, and she’s the first I’ve shown
       any sort of attraction to honestly..” death explained. Tobias
       blinked a little and seemed to shift closer to Jun.”I’m only
       opposed because if Jun’s being forced I’ll make it my mission to
       kick your ass after. If feelings are between you, it’s another
       thing. I love my wife and her happiness is everything to me. Far
       as I Know you proved to be more for yourself…if you wanted her
       happy- you wouldn’t have been forced to accept this
       arrangement.. you would have done it for yourself.. and these
       dresses.. she looks amazing yes- but it feels like someone is
       treating her like some pet-not someone whose truly loved.”said
       Tobias. He seemed to think as he came to an idea.”I think date
       nights need to be a thing.. and I mean for us three.” He said as
       Daevon gained an incredulous look.”are you seriously playing
       into this dad?” He asked as the man looked at Daevon.”what you
       thought your the only one that liked men-? I swing both
       ways-He’s not exactly bad looking and I’m willing to share.. but
       he doesn’t seem to be.” He said.
       Death looked uncertain of that arrangement.”don’t think so.. and
       I’m not privy to sharing.. even if Albert is forcing it.” He
       said as Daevon began to eat. The man looking uncomfortable with
       the whole situation.
       ——-
       Famine saw his own cinnamon roll and juice, watched it being sat
       down. He took a bite when he heard their question to chew and
       swallow a bit.”mm.. where did you grow up? I’m curious.” He
       said.”when I was first made we kind of had a base in the
       countryside for a while. Honestly- it was a little boring so
       when we got more to a city I was more than happy.” He admitted.
       “Also it’s safe to talk here.. the couple does ignore most
       gossip save for relationships..” he said.”they tend to always
       say who looks better with who.” He said to chuckle.”you said you
       were inhuman.. what abilities -*do* you have?” He asked.
       ———
       Rachel heard the doctor, the idea of weeks made her pale a
       little.”I can’t go weeks.” She commented before she watched the
       doctor rush off. “Sometimes healing takes time Rachel you can’t
       rush it.” She heard. “… I can’t afford weeks Steele.. this
       situation is different..“ she said in a hoarse voice. The tired
       girl still had a look of fear. Famines damage had been done, the
       idea of being unable to properly defend herself.. being pinned
       down- being armless-what else would the rest be like? She didn’t
       know.
       Steele managed to tweak what was left, he knew the circumstances
       were different.”I don’t know what to do. The one boy I like
       won’t wake up..Daevon won’t be around..“ Steele could see her
       getting a bit worked up.
       “Girly.. you’re the toughest I know having gone through this
       twice.. working and having to hide what you are- not to mention
       times you had to get out of situations or your cousin.” He
       said.”what’s the first thing you should be thinking about?”  He
       asked as Rachel looked back. She knew what he was talking about-
       recovering. “Even behind these walls most medical professionals
       have a code.” He said.”the doctor will make sure you get that
       healing time unhindered I am sure.” He said before the nurses
       came back.
       The talk of rebel almost getting out of his bed, and getting
       worked up over Rachel reached her ears as she blushed a
       bit.”seems you have a lot of care.” He said and smiled.” Get
       some sleep kid.” He told her before a commotion took place
       outside the room. One of the mafia members was brought in, shot
       and of course a lot of yelling. Steele could hear them calling
       for the doctor and recalled his room. He rushed as much as his
       heavy leg allowed to the room.”dollface!” He called as he
       pounded the door. He knew time was short at the moment before he
       just opened the door to hear the shower.”dollface!” He called
       through the door.”you got an emergency! Someone got shot!” He
       called through the door.
       —-"Okay.... yeah sure, medic is fine..... soooo you and that
       other guy are brothers? I know he said Famine is supposedly my
       brother or some shut like that. What is with the names?" River
       found himself asking, not connecting the dots quite yet that War
       and Death considered him their baby brother.
       His eyes settled on Alice when the woman introduced herself.
       "Alice it is then...." He said before looking back at War as he
       waited for an answer.
       ---
       The sounds of the water hitting the shower floor drowned out the
       first attempts to get the doctor's attention. Sébastien wasn't
       pulled out of his shower thoughts until there was a loud banging
       on his door with Steele's voice calling for him. Calling him
       Dollface of all things. It took several moments for him to
       register what was going on and swiftly cut off the water before
       stumbling out of the shower as grabbing his towel. He loosely
       held it around his waist before opening the bathroom door, still
       driving wet. "What happened?" He questioned, more concerned with
       the emergency than drying off.
       ---
       "Well.... when you found me in the compound before we cane
       here... seeing you triggered my memories to come back." Jun
       explained to her son before going quiet at Daevon's disapproval
       of the situation, which spiraled as Death and Tobias went back
       and forth. She was shocked at when his husband claimed he would
       be willing to share her. Her cheeks turned quite pink. Daevon's
       protest and Death's response were unsurprising.
       "Death hasn't forced me to do anything... I had no memories of
       my past life when I was human... Death saved me from James.... I
       owe him everything for keeping me away from him so he can't
       experiment on me further... I think a date night between the
       three of us wouldn't be a bad idea... it would be a good time to
       talk... not in front of my son about this.... arrangement...."
       Jun suggested as she filled her plate with food and slowly began
       to eat.
       Dior's face scrunched up at the question. They should have
       realized Famine was curious and wanted to know everything about
       them.
       "A world away from here. I kind of made myself forget, my
       childhood memories aren't the best. I hopped a bus and ended up
       in New York, which is where I ran into the Doctor."
       Dior relaxed a bit when Famine mentioned the owners didn't spy
       on everyone. "I wonder what they'll think of us," Dior murmured.
       "Gift wise, I'm an empath. Not always a fun gift to have, but
       useful when dealing with patients. I can sometimes heal small
       things, but it's kind of a random occurrence. The doc says it
       may just take awhile to hone it," Dior replied. "I'm still a bit
       new,"
       Dior took another few bites, trying to think of something more
       to ask.
       "So...do you like dancing? What would you want to do for a
       second date?"
       -------
       War finished his text and glanced up at River's question. "You
       are our brother too, the youngest. Back when we all worked
       together; which was awhile ago; we were called the 4 horsemen
       due to our abilities.  We were a rather impressive force."
       War's attention was drawn to Switch entering the exercise arena
       along with a medic and he straightened up. The expression of
       fear on the medic's face told War that something must have
       happened.
       "War, we need to talk," Switch spoke in his deep bass tone.
       War gave the man a nod, going off to one side to talk while
       keeping an eye on the medic helping River with his bandages.
       He wasn't all that surprised to hear the mafia guys and his own
       had been getting into fights. Though he was more than a little
       annoyed that Switch had been forced into shooting one of them.
       "I'll take whatever punishment is needed," Switch replied, being
       very aware that the Mafia boss wouldn't be pleased with his man
       being shot.
       "I'll set up a meeting with Albert and figure out a more
       peaceful solution. Have Queen access their security so I can see
       what else has been happening as well," War relayed. He headed
       back over to Alice and River. The medic finished his work and
       hurried off like his pants were on fire.
       "Let's get this training underway then,"
       After ten minutes of stretching, he led Alice and River three
       jogging turns around the arena. It was far lighter than his
       normal session, but he knew he could do more later on.
       "We'll work on building up to more. Maybe get some boxing in
       tomorrow," War suggested. "We'll get you to the dining room,
       then head off to our appointment,"
       War would have rather avoided Alice seeing James, but with what
       had happened with his guys, he couldn't cause more conflict with
       Albert.
       War let out a sigh and led the way back inside.
       -----
       Knuckles adjusted the coat he'd gotten off one of the Mafia guys
       after their last scuffle. It was a rather nice fit, feeling like
       it had been made for him.
       Even though he was enjoying the fights; he knew that eventually
       they'd be coming to an end. Especially after Switch had to pull
       a gun on one of the Mafia idiots. Still, one of them needed to
       keep an ear out for any retaliation the others might be
       planning.
       This was why he was currently trying to blend in as a security
       guy near the hospital wing. It helped that he looked similar to
       the Mafia guys; and knew enough Italian to understand them.
       “If anything how I snagged a beauty like you.” Said famine with
       a smirk. To know their memories were bad enough to forget them
       made him think of pestilence. Maybe that’s why he forgot.. all
       the stunts he had pulled. Would make sense.
       Hearing his gifts were interesting. “An empath? I never heard of
       such a gift.. mind telling me how it works? And healing.. still
       useful even if it’s new” he said to eat some more.
       Soon as famine heard dancing he blushed a bit.”I ah.. got two
       left feet.. I like theater and movies though.. bit of a horror
       enthusiast.” He admitted. “You?”
       ———
       Tobias looked over as his wife answered her son. The man making
       a pale look.”still- did he have to act like we didn’t exist in
       your life?” He asked.”we use to be this big family.. and this
       stupid group about wiped us out mom.” He said and looked at
       death.”obviously not all, you and your parents still are
       around.” He said as Darvon couldn’t eat anymore. “One was
       claimed by James as he was obsessed with her.. and he did those
       things thinking she’d love him- but obviously even changed she
       made up her own mind.” Said death.
       “Thanks for protecting my mother- but same time- he was there
       that day- along with famine! “ death quietly looked at the
       man.”I had no hand in taking those lives- I simply cleaned up
       the mess before it would be seen.”He said and Daevon slammed his
       hands down on the table Tobias could see the family temper
       showing already.”Daevon.. don’t lose your cool.” He said not
       that he was any better.
       But in turn Daevon ignored what was said. A chunk of their lives
       disrupted thanks to the mafia.. his family in parts- left enough
       resentment to bubble to the surface in a form of letting out on
       death the only way he could.. by his words.
       “Mom dad.. I don’t hate you for doing what you had to, okay? I
       won’t argue with it as I always trusted you guys.” Said
       Daevon.”but this fucker I can’t, and I won’t- I was on the
       streets with Rachel for a few years and I tried so hard to care
       for what I thought I had left as family.” He said. “Next
       breakfast I don’t want to see his face.. I just want you guys
       okay?” He said as he clearly was upset.”pretty sure we don’t
       need him here for that right?” He asked.
       ——-After some mild training, the group started their way in. As
       they came to the dining room they could hear the yelling as
       Alice looked at war. It wasn’t that she was not accustomed  to
       the bickering- but the fact the bickering was targeted at death
       of all people. When they had gotten river to the door did they
       see death scoot his chair out causing Tobias to mimick the
       behavior ready to lash out if death even tried to touch his son.
       Death straightened up his clothes and smoothed his hair.”after
       you finish Jun.. I’ll see you in my room.” He said calmly.
       Daevon watched the man walk away and looked at his meal. His
       cousin.. he wondered how she was feeling right now. “I’m sorry..
       just.. “ he rubbed his head in frustration.
       Alice went with war once things calmed down seemingly with war.
       As they came in the man was busy with another woman it seemed.
       His stethoscope touching against her skin of her chest and him
       taking notes.”your quite healthy young lady.” He said to take
       the file and hand to a nurse till he noticed war and
       Alice.”finally! War as much as I know your in demand. Alice
       needs to be around here when I ask for her.. some tests do have
       timing it can’t be just any part of the day.” Said the man as he
       walked over and checked her eyes.”Alice did any of your
       excersizes with your telekinesis today?” Alice shook her
       head.”head still hurts from holding up the roof yesterday.” She
       stated as the man seemed to think.”need a few blood samples..
       and it’s late today but you better come in on time tomorrow.” He
       stated as he got what he needed to work.
       Alice who seemed to think finally opened her mouth.”can I have
       kids?” James stopped what he was doing and looked at war.”Alice
       have you had sex?” He asked as she just nodded. James brow
       raised at war.”I’ll hold off on the shot.. least for the next
       few  weeks,“ he said and looked at her.”keep an eye on your
       cycle.” He told her as she just nodded as he took blood.
       ——
       Steele saw the door fling open with Sebastian in nothing but a
       towel that hung just right around his hips. He blushed as he
       took it in to shake his head.”g..gunshot wound.. from what it
       sounds like there was a scuffle and a man came in with a gun
       shot.. they may need you to fix him up asap.” He said. “And
       sorry for barging in.” He said his face turning ever the redder.
       #Post#: 1253--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 11:11 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       The monicor of the Four Horsemen sparked an air of recognition
       in River. It felt quite familiar even if his expression was
       shocked hearing war claim him as their brother. A wave of relief
       came when he didn't have to talk anymore as the medic came and
       changed his bandages. He only heard bits and pieces of the
       conversation between War and the man who came with the medic.
       Thankfully, once River was all patched up the two left and he,
       war, and Alice went jogging around the place. It was excessively
       dull. He was actually in better shape than when he had worked
       with his brothers previously, the injuries were just holding him
       back. He found all of this tedious. By the time they headed back
       inside, he was eager to see his boyfriend again.
       It seemed they arrived as things were getting heated. A deep
       frown came to River's lips as Death soon made his exit. River
       could see the frustration on Daevon's face and in his distraught
       words. Without giving it much though, he was at his boyfriend's
       side, comfortingly rubbing his back. "Everything okay?" He
       tentatively questioned.
       ----
       To be entirely honest, Jun had expected it to be Death and
       Tobias arguing and yelling, but her son was already up in arms
       over the situation. It appeared Death had enough and got up, her
       husband mincing the man in a protective manner.
       Hearing Death's instructions, Jun nodded her head. "I will be
       there soon." She assured before watching the man leave the room
       and a new man coming in and making a bee line for Daevon. She
       looked to her son and husband when she finished eatting. "I'll
       talk to Death about breakfast just being me you and dad okay?"
       She said in attempted reassurance.
       ----
       "Give me a minute to dry off and throw on some scrubs. I'll be
       right up." Sébastien said, not exactly waiting for Steele to be
       entirely out of the room before he took the towel off his waist
       and began to dry off. Moments later he had a fresh set of scrubs
       on as he hurried out of his room and back to the medical wing.
       The monicor of the Four Horsemen sparked an air of recognition
       in River. It felt quite familiar even if his expression was
       shocked hearing war claim him as their brother. A wave of relief
       came when he didn't have to talk anymore as the medic came and
       changed his bandages. He only heard bits and pieces of the
       conversation between War and the man who came with the medic.
       Thankfully, once River was all patched up the two left and he,
       war, and Alice went jogging around the place. It was excessively
       dull. He was actually in better shape than when he had worked
       with his brothers previously, the injuries were just holding him
       back. He found all of this tedious. By the time they headed back
       inside, he was eager to see his boyfriend again.
       It seemed they arrived as things were getting heated. A deep
       frown came to River's lips as Death soon made his exit. River
       could see the frustration on Daevon's face and in his distraught
       words. Without giving it much though, he was at his boyfriend's
       side, comfortingly rubbing his back. "Everything okay?" He
       tentatively questioned.
       ----
       To be entirely honest, Jun had expected it to be Death and
       Tobias arguing and yelling, but her son was already up in arms
       over the situation. It appeared Death had enough and got up, her
       husband mincing the man in a protective manner.
       Hearing Death's instructions, Jun nodded her head. "I will be
       there soon." She assured before watching the man leave the room
       and a new man coming in and making a bee line for Daevon. She
       looked to her son and husband when she finished eatting. "I'll
       talk to Death about breakfast just being me you and dad okay?"
       She said in attempted reassurance.
       ----
       "Give me a minute to dry off and throw on some scrubs. I'll be
       right up." Sébastien said, not exactly waiting for Steele to be
       entirely out of the room before he took the towel off his waist
       and began to dry off. Moments later he had a fresh set of scrubs
       on as he hurried out of his room and back to the medical wing.
       The doctor ended up having to preform emergency surgery to get
       the wound to stop bleeding and after another long surgery he
       made his way around the medical wing, checking in on progress
       before going to Rebel and getting all the information he needed
       from the man.
       "Well, think that is all I need for now. I will have the nurse
       x-ray your leg in a little while to look at in the morning. Need
       to make sure I don't need to put you under the knife to fix you
       up," he said with a friendly smile towards the man. "I'll check
       back in after dinner." He added before making his way out of the
       patient room and over to his office to take a quick rest. It was
       nearing dinner time now.
       ----
       The blonde woman had put up such a big fight against being taken
       out of her cell and the men hadn't come for her in so long,
       Désirée was starting to think they had forgotten about her or
       given up but boy was she wrong. The cat burglar had been
       snatched almost a full month ago and brought to this place for
       holding. She had escaped enough times that they now kept a
       constant guard on her.
       It seemed today was not her lucky day as they guards waited til
       her back was turned and tranquilized her. She woke up groggy and
       mostly unaware of where she was until she felt a cold
       stethoscope on her chest and talking. Her eyes opened slowly to
       be told she was quite healthy. She couldn't help the glare that
       came to her eyes. The moment the man was distracted by something
       else. A redhead and a man who got the guys full attention.
       Désirée took her chance as worked on slipping out of her
       restraints. She was an excellent escape artist and had her hands
       free by the time the guy was done with his guests and made it
       seem like she was still held down to let him come close again.
       The moment he was close enough and looked away, Désirée quickly
       pulled her hands back out and punched James in the face before
       attempting to unhook herself, lashing out at James if he tried
       to stop her. Dior felt their face heat up at Famine's
       compliment. They were relieved that Famine didn't try and press
       further about their past.
       "Uh well, I pick up on other people's emotions, usually it's
       when the experience really strong feelings. And sometimes I can
       pick up on their pain. It can help me connect to the patients
       and know how they're feeling even when they're unable to speak."
       Dior explained.
       Dior reached across the table to brush Famine's hand gently
       after the other explained they didn't dance very well. "I could
       teach you if you'd like. I love a good movie, there are some
       horror movies I can sit through; others not so much. What do you
       think of musicals and Broadway shows?" Dior couldn't help but
       inquire.
       When they'd both finished their meal and paid, Dior followed
       Famine back out to the car. "So where would you like to go now?
       You did mention going on a walk last night and shopping for your
       friend's birthday. Mayb I can help you find a gift for her?"
       Dior suggested.
       -----
       War stayed just long enough to make sure Death wasn't going to
       be attacked and led Alice down to James' lab.
       He glowered at James' not particularly caring for how the man
       seemed to think he was in charge of everything to do with Alice.
       "Alice isn't going to just be at your every beck and call
       anymore James. I'm done letting you do whatever you want.
       Tomorrow we can be here earlier. We had to wait on.. Pestilence
       for training this morning, per Death's request." War replied in
       a dry tone, folding his arms over his chest. "Expect me to be
       here during each and every exam Alice has with you,"
       War stayed silence, listening and watching from the corner as
       James did what he normally would. The look the man shot him at
       Alice's question, had him glaring back.
       "Keep it up and I may just slug you," War warned, his eyes
       flashing.
       When the exam was finished, War strode over to help Alice
       redress and led her towards the door. He wasn't sure what made
       him pause and turn around
       The sight of James getting a fist to the face was quite
       satisfying. "Not a bad punch, could use a bit of training
       though. A proper uppercut would've broken his nose," War
       couldn't help but point out.
       Not wanting to put Alice or himself in the middle of the
       desperate woman's flight, he stepped back from the doorway,
       pulling Alice against him. It would give the blonde woman a
       perfect escape route. It didn't even occur to him to try and
       help James. The arrogant doctor liked to do things in a certain
       way, and War had no desire to help the asshole.
       ----
       Rebel came out of his sedated state and was relieved to see
       Rachel was back from her surgery. Then all chaos seemed to
       unleash when the nurses and medical staff swarmed to get a
       wounded man ready for surgery.
       By the time the noise had died down, Rachel had fallen asleep.
       Not wanting to wake her: Rebel glanced around planning on how
       they might escape once his leg was healed a bit more.
       Rebel was a bit taken aback by how kind the Doctor was. He told
       him what he needed to know, not volunteering much more than
       that. The guy might be nice, but Rebel was too wary to trust
       anyone; save for his new friends.
       "That's fine and all, can you tell me how my friends are doing
       too? I'm really worried about them,"
       Rebel let out a sigh, feeling a bit light headed from everything
       and settled back into the pillows. Seeing the handsy nurse
       eyeing him brought a groan. Why did he always attract the crazy
       ones?
       Daevon looked at his mom.”that be great and I’m sorry.. “ he
       said giving his soft look.
       It was then, Daevon felt the rub on his back and the familiar
       voice of his boyfriend.”River..” he said and smiled softly. “Not
       really.. just complicated but.. least I can introduce you to my
       parents officially.” He said.”mom, dad this is my boyfriend
       River.” He said his hand drifting as he saw recognition in his
       father’s face. He saw the flicker go and a warm smile.”River
       nice to meet you- you can call me Tobias and this is my wife
       juniper.” He said as he settled down. “Can’t believe they were
       holding my family hostage.” Daevon said and sighed.
       Tobias seemed to give a sad look and sighed.”honestly I’m doing
       what I am to keep you from being another experiment..I accepted
       going through and helping my brothers notes and it’s the only
       thing keeping you as you.” He said quietly.
       “So you don’t end up like your cousin.” He finished.”If you play
       your cards right in here.. you may gain some freedoms.” He told
       Daevon and River as he looked at the two.
       ——
       Steele watched as the towel came off and got a nice eyeful of
       the doctor. His face went a bright red before feeling the doctor
       brush by in his rush to take a seat on the bed.”I think my blood
       pressure just shot up.” He said to himself as he tried to
       compose himself.
       He made his way to his room where a soft meow came out. “Girly
       will be happy to see you little guy.” He got in the room to
       scratch the car behind the ears and got some canned cat food out
       of his bag to open it being a pop top.the calico cat peered back
       with his blue eyes before going down to eat as he cleaned
       himself up and dressing. He sat down to work on the arms a bit
       more before dinner reached.
       He got up to pop his back during a stretch.”yeah.. break time.”
       He said to walk out. After a bit of wandering he saw the doctor
       in his office to knock on the door. Once he had the green light
       he opened the door and said.”it’s dinner time.. wanna join me?”
       He asked.
       ——
       Once James was done he turned his attention to the woman on the
       bed. Alice noticed her and asked.”who’s she?” James responded”
       project delta-1711794. Last one didn’t do so well due to and
       unseen circumstance of an autoimmune disease.” He said not
       noticing when she got free to get a full punch to the face. He
       held his face to give a minute.”why are all of them strong
       willed ..” he mumbled “least your a good one Alice.” He went to
       restrain to end up knocked back even harder with a foot- he
       wasn’t sure being disoriented as he was.”Alice!” He stated in a
       tone that made her stiffen in wars arms “yes sir!” She said not
       really wanting to suffer what would happen if she didn’t act on
       it.
       She watched the woman.. rather letting her slip by.“Get that
       woman under control. Alice seemed to get a bit closer to
       war.”I..I only listen to war now.” She said to see the man’s
       glare from his broken face. That one was telling her she would
       suffer later. Being skittish as she was she tugged her way to
       get out of the room. As she did so she bumped into a familiar
       body. A man a reflection of Tobias stood. Alice shrunk even
       more.”master.” She mumbled.”has he really lost complete
       control?” Slid out of the icy man’s mouth as he watched the
       other subject run off. He knew it was impossible to really get
       away.
       He had finished talking to Albert about what he really was doing
       to be released to the testing wing. A scrunched up brow would be
       seen and a man rubbing out a migraine at the bridge of his nose
       present.”4i1c3 did he do the basics.” He asked.”yes just no shot
       in case of pregnancy.” William paused.
       A smile widened a bit.”oh?.. I’ll be around.. so I’ll take care
       of you.” He said as the woman shrank back toward war.
       ——
       Famine gave a soft blush.”you can do that?” He said and felt his
       hand taken. The man was flustered to see his hand being touched
       by Dior before being brought out with talk of musicals.
       “I like broadways.. long as they’re catchy.” Said famine. The
       man heard them talk.”I wouldn’t mind input. I know she likes
       stuffed animals.. hopefully with her being with war and how he
       is.. her things won’t end up confiscated and burned by James
       again.” Said famine with slight venom in his voice for his
       friend. “Maybe I can finally get her a necklace.. maybe a
       choker..” he mumbled at himself as he thought.
       Their day was spent looking at things, his eyes taking in what
       he could to finally choose a gift. It was a bunny ears. He
       didn’t know why but he felt she would find it a hoot and make a
       joke to war all at the same time. Well what felt like a joke to
       him.
       —-
       Rachel rested for what felt like a little while. She woke up to
       see an exasperated look.. and a nurse being awfully handsy. It
       felt almost familiar to Bobby and trying to get girls to stop
       hitting on him. She licked her lips as she finally said.”hey
       nurse....” the handsy nurse turned toward her.”I’m thirsty.. and
       obviously you’re messing with a patient in pain- that’s kind of
       against your work ethic  yanno- do your job.” She said seeing
       the slight miff before the woman walked away. “Swear some people
       need to learn to take a hint..” she said to look at rebel.”you
       holdin’ up okay?” She asked.
       The look of recognition in Daevon's father's eyes unsettled
       River a little, but still he painted on a friendly smile. Living
       around humans, he had picked up on putting on a friendly face.
       "Pleasure to meet you both. Wish it was under better
       circumstances, but you know, life clearly has other ideas." He
       said in response before his attention went back to his boyfriend
       as the man lamated about his family being taken and Tobias even
       adding that he was doing what he did to keep Daevon safe.
       If it kept Daevon safe.... he might have to fall into his
       expected role as well. The idea was a haunting one to say the
       least."hopefully someone is good enough at playing cards to get
       all of us out of here..." River found himself commenting. It was
       then that Jun got up from her seat. "I will see if we can't
       spend more time together today Daevon... I... should be heading
       out to Death..." She cupped Tobias's face in her hands and
       kissed him lovingly. "Get lots of work done so we can spend more
       time together..." She encouraged. "You boys behave yourselves."
       She told her son and his boyfriend before heading out of the
       dinning hall and going to Death's room, hoping he would be a
       favorable mood.
       ----
       A pencil raced across the pages of a chart that Sébastien was
       filling out. He was getting behind of charting with all the
       surgery today. Hope was already wondering how Rebel's leg would
       look once the xray was done. If it was bad that would mean yet
       another unplanned surgery. As much as he loved preforming
       surgery, he preferred non emergency patients by a long shot.
       The doctor was pulled out of his own head when he heard a knock
       on his office door. "Come in," he answered to see Steele moments
       later. A look of surprised crossed his face at the suggestion of
       having dinner together again. "I suppose, haven't gotten enough
       of my company yet?" He asked teasingly as he put his work down
       and git up from his desk.
       ---
       It seemed that this escape attempt might actually work as
       Desiree managed to get away from the scientist and even past
       three other people, none trying to stop her as she ran out of
       the room and down the halls. She was near the hospital wing when
       she finally came to a stop to catch her breath for a moment and
       looked around. She hadn't planned past getting away from James.
       She was near the hospital wing now and knew she needed to find a
       way out of this maze of a compound.
       War's eyes flashed in warning when James ordered Alice to
       recapture the escaping woman. Hearing her stammered reply had
       his hackles rise, even more so at The glare James shot at her.
       "You lay a finger on Alice, and I will cut the offending hand
       off!" He spat out, moving protectively in front of her and let
       James see his Homunuclus face. "You remain Alice's doctor for
       now, piss me off again and you forfeit your life. You are
       replaceable, doctor," War growled.
       He left the man, very much wanting to crush the man like the bug
       he was. War paused,  his brow wrinkling at seeing a face he'd
       seen in the dining room earlier. Only Alice calling him master
       meant this guy was someone different.
       "If a child is to come it will be mine, I am fully capable of
       keeping my lady and child safe," War spoke up, putting a
       protective arm around her.
       -----
       It hadn't taken long for Knuckles to grow bored. The security
       around the compound wasn't terrible, but was lacking in several
       areas. Particularly around the hospital wing. He'd easily snuck
       inside when the staff was distracted with other things.
       He chuckled to himself, hearing one of the patients for calling
       a nurse out on her unprofessional actions. It was obvious the
       nurse hadn't gotten into medicine to help others.
       Hearing voices and footsteps he slipped into a doorway and
       nearly bowled a small Form over. "whoa, sorry about that,"
       Knuckles apologized, reaching out to catch and steady the
       person.
       Knuckles eyes widened at seeing such a frazzled blue eyed
       beauty. It took seconds for him to assess that she had  bruises
       on her arms, meaning she'd been tied down. His head turned
       hearing yelling and barked orders from further down the hallway
       she must have come from.
       "Trying to get out? Come on, let's find a spot to hide, then
       I'll figure a way out for you,"
       Rebel's head turned at the sound of Rachel's voice, relief
       showing on his face. He couldn't help but let out an amused
       laugh when Rachel called the nurse out on her wrong doing.
       "Thanks for that, I should have just told her to bugger off,"
       rebel said, giving her a grateful smile.
       "I'm doing all right. Waiting on an MRI of my leg. Hopefully I
       won't be needing surgery. What about you? How are you feeling?
       It sounded like they were torturing you ," Rebel said, a look on
       concern on his face.
       Noticing that she didn't yet have her metal arms kind of worried
       him. If she couldn't fight, then they would have to wait to try
       and get away.
       ------
       Dior nodded, giving Famine a soft smile. "Until you, I've never
       really  told anyone that. I'm not usually so open, but I feel
       like I can trust you."
       Dior chuckled at Famine's saying he preferred catchy Broadways.
       "Wicked's probably my favorite,"
       Dior got a thoughtful look when Famine mentioned stuffed animals
       and necklaces. "I'm sure we'll find something perfect for your
       friend. I've got all day so we can take our time,"
       Dior had a great time looking and spending time helping Famine
       search the stores. They found it a bit funny that Famine settled
       on bunny ears.
       "They are cute. What do you think about this?" Dior asked
       holding up a golden snake choker they'd found. "You don't think
       it's too much do you?"
       “It certainly be a game that will need a decent poker face.”
       Tobias said back before he heard his lover. The soft kiss
       brought him back to give a soft look.”I will and try to not let
       death get in your head.. okay?” He asked before watching her go.
       Tobias looked at the other two that sat in front of him.”I’d
       suggest taking up your role River. I honestly do think asking
       for subordinates might help for your friends.” He said as Daevon
       looked at his father. “It’s pretty common to do so.. war has
       many he orders around but he does have structure too to help
       with the numbers.” He said and looked at Daevon.”and you.. it’s
       best you try to make yourself useful around here. Is there
       anything you’re good at?” He asked as Daevon went quiet for a
       few moments.”well besides cars… “ he tapped his chin.”some
       alchemy but mostly cars.”
       Tobias seemed to think.”they do have vehicles that need to be
       worked on. It might gain you time outside the bedroom and won’t
       be locked up as much. But you’d have a guard on you.” He said.
       He couldn’t help but look at River a bit over, he could tell the
       man seemed a bit off. Last time he ever remembered seeing the
       man was a brief moment when he didn’t know who he was.. and
       handing his brother a package so long ago. He came to the
       conclusion mentally that the homunculus didn’t really age. “Here
       in a little I got to check on your cousin- she did something to
       the young man that James picked. But that’s if she’s rested
       enough from surgery to try.” He said as Daevon paled a
       little.”did they say what for?” He asked.”I’ll find out, said it
       was a necessary procedure at least.” He said with a sigh. He
       scooted his chair to get up.”River.. take good care of Daevon.
       He’s the only child I have.” He said before he pushed his chair
       in.
       ——
       “That and after having quite and eyeful- I felt bad to not taken
       you out for dinner first.” Teased Steele.”I can order in- just
       didn’t know what ya liked.” He said with a smile.
       ——
       James saw the face of the shifted war to shrink, he managed to
       stammer  at war. “Doubt it.” He had said before he had saw
       William. He paled a little realizing if he was back- then he
       needed to tread carefully now.
       Williams smile diminished a little.”I meant along the lines of
       medical. I’ll be handling prenatal care given the nature of what
       she is.” He told war. He watched as Alice burrowed into war not
       looking at him. Unlike James he wasn’t the type to really let
       things show on his face. In fact he was somewhat giddy to know
       she managed to stick with a man… and a homunculus one at that.”I
       find it fascinating she attatched herself to you.. for a while I
       thought she’d be attached to famine.” He seemed to muse in a way
       of a scientist observing an experiment to pull a small notebook
       out to write in it.”how has her behavior been- better I hope
       with the structure you provide no less?” He asked.
       ——
       “You should.. “ said Rachel to chuckle. She sat up at the news
       of the man having an mri.”I hope you don’t either.. but the way
       your leg looked there’s a chance of it happening.” She said.
       “Little bit of pain- better than earlier.. I know it sounded
       like it- but those with automail do go through that sort of
       surgery. Research has showed that the person has to be awake for
       the process as to be sure the nerves are connected correctly.”
       She said.
       Her eyes went to Bobby.”but .. right now I’m more worried about
       him.. he hasn’t woken up.” She said and looked at rebel, she
       changed the subject in an effort to just not feel the squeeze of
       anxiety inside of wondering if she did the right thing or not.
       “Heard they had to sedate you from dragging yourself out of bed
       for me.” Her face went a bit red.”seems those I barely know
       coming in to save me.. “ she said recalling rivers rage at her
       condition before. “Been told it’ll be few days earliest to
       really use the arms but.. preferably weeks.. for full heal..”
       she said and sighed.
       ——
       “Yeah.. kind of a small joke since she taken the name Alice..
       maybe a bit crazy. She enjoys Alice in wonderland story.” Famine
       said as he looked over to see a snake choker.”not at all.. think
       it would look good with that dress you have on.. “ he said with
       a smile.”let’s buy this and we can do dinner at home. Heard
       they’re making pasta tonight.” Famine said thoughtfully.
       Death was in his room, his desk littered with files. His tie was
       loose around his neck as he poured over documents that pertained
       to Bobby’s background to shift a few papers around. He heard the
       door open to see Jun and smiled a little.”I hope you got full..
       “ he commented before he shifted to shut the files.
       Hearing Tobias echo his own thoughts on giving in to what his
       'brothers' and this boss wanted. "I will do whatever I can to
       protect him," he assured his boyfriend's father before the man
       made his way to leave. It wasn't long before it was just him and
       Daevon, and of course a guard.
       "Ready to head back to the room or did you want to eat more?" He
       questioned. He wasn't hungry at the moment himself so he just
       patiently waited for his boyfriend to be ready to leave.
       ---
       "I did," Jun answered as she walked over to her lover. Taking
       her place in his lap as she nuzzle him. "Are you done with
       work?" She questioned, wanting to make sure the man was in a
       good place to try and convince him of the date with Tobias if
       not more than that.
       ---
       The doctor's face turned quite red realized that the man had in
       fact seen him naked earlier. "I'm not a picky eater. Whatever
       you order should be fine..." Sébastien explained. "I just have a
       little work to finish up... I... can meet you at your room if
       you like," he suggested as his eyes became a deep purple from
       how flustered he already felt.
       ---
       One moment Désirée was peaking around a corner, trying to decide
       where to go from where she was, the next, she was nearly toppled
       over before strong arms caught her, steadying her. She couldn't
       help but stare up at the man with wide eyes that filled with
       even more surprise when the man seemed to offer her his aid.
       "Yes, I need to get out of this place..." She said, looking
       behind herself as she heard voices growing closer and closer.
       War relaxed a bit when the man explained he'd meant to help
       Alice in a different way. "My apologies, I misunderstood your
       intentions." War replied. "There have been some, that have taken
       advantage of Alice because they could."
       War's eyes narrowed a bit at the guy's next words, but chose to
       not focus on them. He didn't think that Famine would have liked
       the man's speculation either though.
       "Alice is thriving and doing quite well, and is constantly
       improving her skills. If that's all you need, Alice and I have
       somewhere to be,"
       ----
       Knowing they wouldn't have much time, Knuckles took the woman's
       hand and led her back to the doorway and peered out. "stay
       close," he whispered and then when the coast was clear pulled
       her towards the hospital wing.
       If he couldn't get her out, Knuckles knew he'd have to appeal to
       War to at least keep her safe from more experimenting. He had
       noticed War had gotten more protective of Alice, so it was
       likely he'd understand Knuckles wanting to help this lady.
       They made it past the staff rooms, past the hospital beds and to
       the front entrance when a blonde headed nurse spied them. Her
       eyes went wide and her mouth started to fall open. Knuckles
       moved quickly, clapping a hand over her mouth. "Be quiet," he
       hissed, grabbing what he could find to gag her and tie her up.
       He stuffed her in a closet and motioned to the blue eyed angel
       to follow.
       While they made it out the front entrance, they were soon
       surrounded by four of the Mafia guys, looking ready to kill the
       both of them.
       Knuckles warily assessed them, keeping the woman close.
       "Thought you could steal away with one of the experiments did
       you? Now I've got an excuse to kill you," one of the men
       sneered.
       "Touch a hair on his head, and I will end your miserable life
       myself. Stand down, now,"
       Hearing Switch's deep voice was a relief to Knuckles, though he
       knew they weren't  fully out of hot water just yet.
       ---
       War could feel the stirring of a fight and led Alice towards it.
       He'd been wanting to end the fights between with his men and
       Albert's, but that didn't seem possible now.
       He came to a halt outside the hospital entrance, blinking at the
       sight of Knuckles trying to protect a young woman from four of
       Albert's men. Switch was standing there, glaring at them,
       telling the men to stand down.
       "Please do as Switch has asked," War spoke up. "We don't want to
       turn this courtyard into a bloody battlefield."
       The Mafia guys turned, and a look of fear filled their eyes at
       seeing him there. They pulled back, giving Knuckles room to pull
       his rescued damsel over to War: Switch joining them a moment
       later.
       "I knew it would be a long shot getting her free from here,"
       Knuckles sighed. "Could you at least claim her to keep her
       safe?"
       ----Dior couldn't help but chuckle when Famine brought up the
       wonderland connection. "Ah, that explains it. Thanks, black,
       white and gold is pretty much all I ever wear," Dior admitted.
       Once they'd made their purchases they headed back to the car and
       the mansion. "So what's your favorite kind of pasta? Or are you
       more so, just a lover of all pasta like me?"
       ----
       Rebel let out a groan when Rachel said it looked like he might
       actually need surgery. "I guess, I just hate how coming out of
       anesthesia feels."
       Rebels face filled with sympathy when she mentioned what she'd
       gone through was normal. "That sucks,"
       Rebel followed her gaze to look at Bobby again. "Yeah, me too.
       It looks like his body temp keeps dropping too. Which isn't a
       good sign," he murmured and chewed worriedly on his bottom lip.
       Rebel looked back over at her, noticing how dark her face had
       gotten. "Yeah, well I thought they were hurting you. You're a
       good person Rachel, you deserve better than this. So does
       Bobby,"
       Rebel let out a long frustrated sigh. "at least we'll have one
       another to talk to while you heal. Broken bones can take months
       to heal."
       Death felt her sit in his lap and the nuzzle made him feel a bit
       happier.”yeah. Just figuring out things.. hopefully we can get
       answers to what happened to the boy..” he said and sighed.”but
       enough of that.” He nipped at her neck.”I want to finish what I
       started..” he murmured to pull her into a kiss.
       ——
       “Sounds good to me.. hope you don’t mind Asian.” He told
       him.”see you in my room doll face.” He went back to his room to
       feel the cat rub against his good leg.”one you’re getting which
       one is real.” He told hiro. He got to a phone to order the food,
       and made another call to the front about a meal coming in.
       He worked on the arms some more till a maid came informing of
       the meal delivery to reimburse through her as she noted they
       paid. He got to a table that was left in his room and set a
       place to eat as he waited for the doctor to come in.
       ——-
       “Lover of all pasta.. but I do find chicken fettuccini a
       favorite.” Admitted famine. “Spaghetti a close second.” He said
       as he opened the back for Dior to get in and slid in himself.
       Once inside he closed the door and looked at Dior.”… one more
       question.. a hottie like you- have you ever dated before this?”
       He asked.”I’d never thought I’d land someone good looking as
       you.”
       ——
       William listened as he wrote down what he was told.”it’s enough
       for now but I do expect to see 41iC3 every other day.” He told
       the man. He turned his attention to the route of the escaped
       woman, watching war make his way. He put a hand to his chin to
       make his way following behind the homunculus and Alice. He had a
       feeling that things may turn.
       ——
       “Does it make you feel sick?” She had asked.  His response made
       her a shade darker.”we are not the only ones- I’d give a real
       thank you for pushing through that pain in that truck.” She said
       before hearing footsteps and seeing Alice walking by war. Her
       mouth formed and O shape way as the handsy nurse came back to
       almost jam the plastic cup in Rachel’s face since she couldn’t
       exactly hold it.”drink.” Spat the blonde. Rachel managed to back
       off and sputter.”hey! Ya trying to drown me?” Shot Rachel
       through the coughing before she caught only a glimpse of
       William. She paled a little hoping she had imagined that.
       William and the rest made it to the outside as the man heard the
       question as well as Alice who clung to war. The man flipped his
       phone out to scan the woman’s face and looked at it as he put a
       hand up in switches face.”I am simply looking at records.” He
       paused.”this one tried to steal from the mafia.. so this was a
       punishment. I don’t think it’ll be easy for you to just usher
       her under your wing- she was brought to labs as a form of
       repaying for the merchandise she tried to steal and broke.” He
       said reading it.”I’d suggest you talk to Albert war if your
       planning on taking her- for now she needs to come back for the
       time being- I can offer that one of your men stay presently with
       the woman so you can be assured she won’t be touched.” Said
       William. “If one tries they can shoot him.” He said to turn back
       as he clicked on his phone- typing a few things as he waited.
       "Alright, let's head back then," River said as he got up from
       the table, following after Daevon, his arm going around the
       man's shoulders after the man's sassy outburst at the look the
       maid gave him. It made him chuckle. "Training went fine I
       guess.... found out a little more about who these guys are at
       least. Supposedly War and the asshat who drove us here are my
       brothers as well or some shit like that. Called us the four
       horsemen or some shit like that. My bandages were changed before
       training so I should be fine for a while." He explained as they
       walked to their room.
       "If you need to vent, I'm all ears," River voiced when they
       finally made it back to the room and he let go of his boyfriend.
       ---
       A groan escaped Jun feeling Death's teeth on her neck, moaning
       softly into the passionate kiss. Her body was already on fire
       just at his words and feeling his excitement beneath his pants
       made her want him even more. "Breed me Death..." She purred when
       the kiss finally broke, aiming to spur him into the act her body
       was begging for at this point.
       ---
       "Asain is fine, I'll see you there," Sébastien reassured as he
       turned back to his work, blushing even more at being called
       dollface yet again. It didn't take very long for him to finish
       his charts for the evening before he went around one last time
       to check on patients. It didn't take him very long as everyone
       was settling in for the night.
       Soon, he was making his way back down to the staff wing and to
       Steele's door. He knocked lightly before waiting for the man to
       answer.
       ----
       At first, Désirée gained more and more hope this guy would be
       able to help her escape, but sadly, they were cornered just
       outside of the door. All hope dashed away. She couldn't help the
       blush that crossed her cheeks at the protective way the man held
       her.
       Then the three people she had ran past to escape appeared. Her
       savior pleading with one to *claim* her. She didn't know what
       that meant and she wasn't about to be anyone's sex slave.
       "*Claim?* What do you mean by that?" She questioned with an air
       of distrust in her voice as she spoke. Then the scientist walked
       up, explaining what she had been sent there for. She looked up
       at the man who was trying to save her with pleading eyes,
       attempting to use her good looks to sway him into continuing to
       try and protect her.
       Dior felt happier than they'd felt in a long time. They
       definitely were looking forward to spending more time getting to
       know Famine.
       "Those are both really good. I'm partial to pastas with seafood,
       or vegetarian lasagna. Not that I'm vegetarian or anything."
       Dior spoke up.
       Famine's question about about their dating, had Dior shift a bit
       and fuss over their sleeve edges.
       "I've only gone on singular dates with a few individuals. I've
       never been in any serious relationships though." Dior finally
       said. "There was one that I thought might go somewhere, but it
       ended when he tried to change me."
       Dior moved closer to Famine taking his hand and leaned their
       head against his. "Well you did. My question is, how long do you
       want me for?"
       -----
       Rebel shifted a bit, grimacing from the pain in his leg. The
       pain killers were starting to wear off. "Yeah, it messed with my
       head too. Takes too long for my head to get clear,"
       Rebel's eyebrows narrowed at Rachel's saying they weren't the
       only ones. It made him wonder who else might be captives and
       being experimented on.
       He shot another look at Bobby, wondering if what Rachel had done
       had actually helped. "I'm glad I managed it too."
       Rebel followed her gaze to see the red haired woman that had
       saved him and Bobby. The guy next to her made him want to
       disappear. There was something about the guy that scared the
       crap out of him.
       He was broken out of his fear by the sound of Rachel sputtering
       a protest.
       "If you don't want to be here, you should just leave," Rebel
       told the nurse. The first chance he got he was going to report
       her. Hopefully the doctor from before wouldn't keep her around.
       ------
       War was starting to tire of the doctors and their demands of
       seeing Alice and examining her. While he couldn't recall his
       previous life before being changed; he was pretty sure they
       hadn't been nearly this handsy.
       War listened to Knuckles request, his face impassive until he
       noticed William moving towards the rescued woman. Switch moved a
       step closer and stilled at the doctor's explaining what he was
       doing.
       Knuckles eyes blazed a bit at hearing what the young woman was
       being punished for. "How's that supposed to help? Wouldn't it be
       smarter to have her use her skills to pay for what broke?"
       War started to raise a hand when the rescued damsel spoke up,
       looking wary and distressed.
       "I'll speak with Albert and see what I can do to help the young
       woman. It's not so much claiming, as taking responsibility for
       you," War explained softly, not wanting to scare her further.
       War pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to think of how he
       might appeal for this woman Knuckles had latched onto so
       quickly.
       "Knuckles go with her for now. Switch, you and Tank can take
       turns helping as well. It may take me awhile to talk things out
       with Albert."
       War led Alice a few feet away, pausing to talk to her.
       "Would you like to train some more with Tank or Switch? Or come
       with me? I know I shouldn't worry about you, but these people
       here don't answer to me. I want to keep you safe,"
       Knuckles reached down to take and squeeze the woman's hand
       gently. "It'll get better. Until then, you've got me for
       company,"Daevon blinked, “brothers huh.” He listened to River
       and sighed.”least they are taking care of you.” He said as they
       got to the room. He shut the door and sat on the bed. “Honestly
       I’m not sure what to think- knowing death is looking at my mom
       and my dad even playing in the idea of sharing.” He said
       flushing a little. “Wondering just how much this place would
       change a person in captivity.” He mumbled as he rubbed his neck.
       He sat down and seemed to take a breath.”honestly I haven’t told
       anyone of our situation.” Said Daevon. He looked at River.“Been
       too scared to even try- I should have wrote to my cousin in
       amestris.. least the crazy shit going on there finally died
       down..” he said and rubbed his neck. “Honestly wonder how we are
       going to make things work.. I’m honestly not sure if I can trust
       my dad.. nor my mom. I get their protecting me but the methods..
       I just don’t know.” He said and sighed.
       ——-Death heard her words and could see her already in want. He
       had a feeling she was in heat, clothes were lost as he drew her
       to the bed, his mouth mingling on hers before the gentle push
       back. His fingers gently glided at her wet entrance.”your
       wanting me that badly?…. “ he said with a smirk. He pressed her
       legs back as he slid inside, groaning at the tight feeling. His
       hips began its movements as his hands found what he wanted to
       grab as he left a mark on her neck.*mine*” slid out as he
       listened to her cries as he continued to pound inside.
       ——
       Steele opened the door.”come on in- don’t mind hiro. Tends to be
       a bit mouthy cat but good- belongs to the female patient.
       Couldn’t leave him behind.” He said to usher in the man to close
       the door. His eyes couldn’t help but roam over the man’s form as
       the naked image came to mind as he blushed a bit to clear his
       throat.”kind of got a little bit of everything. “ he said to
       pull a chair out for Sebastian.
       ——
       “You don’t have to be a vegetarian to prefer meals to be a
       certain way. “ said famine.”some actually taste better and
       fresher which helps if you want to avoid the greasy feel of the
       meat.” He explained. “I listen to a lot of cooking shows.” He
       admitted.
       When the talk about dating came up he listened a bit. “Why
       change perfection.” Famine said flatly before feeling his hand
       taken. His face going bright red as their head touched his.
       Famine flustered as he was managed out.”forever.” The man’s ears
       went red when he realized the driver was looking in on them with
       amusement. “If that’s okay.” He managed trying to recover.
       —— “Don’t shoot the messenger- it was by Albert’s orders.. must
       of grabbed something sentimental to the man for him to respond
       this way.” Said William. “Best to go in with a cool head.” He
       told knuckles.”this way please.” He said to pause at seeing the
       bruises to sigh.”does anyone not be careful with the
       experiments?” He said in an exasperated tone.”tell me are you in
       any pain.” Asked William. Despite the warmth in the man’s voice-
       his eyes told a different story. They seemed icy and looked at
       the woman more as a thing than a person.
       ——— Alice relaxed before hearing war speak.she could hear his
       worry.”I’ll be okay- I’m getting hungry.. I’ll grab food, and
       find famine.” She said.”we did have plans to talk a little
       today.” She said. Once William was out of earshot she told
       him.”don’t be fooled by William.. he is two faced.”she warned.
       “I’ll go back to our room when I’m done eating.” She said with a
       smile.
       ——
       The nurse just seemed to roll her eyes before walking away.”imma
       ask for the nurse that friggen gave me space. Least that one
       knows how to treat patients.” Said Rachel flatly as she spoke
       about Dior. “Thanks rebel.. can’t stand rude nurses like that-
       had one the first time too- asked for pain pills and got ignored
       till my cousin cussed her out.” She said to lean back.
       Her eyes went back to rebel. She could hear the bustle of people
       and off handed comments of a few nurses about not wanting to
       another gun shot victim as the last one kind of caused a little
       chaos.
       “I guess there’s problems inside here.” Rachel said as she noted
       it.Her mind already thinking of ways to take advantage of that.
       The big guy she remembered and his words calling her an escapee.
       The woman she remembered being told to endure and maybe get
       under someone. It felt like she was still missing a few puzzle
       pieces to an answer that was in front of her.
       Sounds of footsteps would be heard, and a man came in after
       giving what looked like a mirror reflection of the other walking
       off with a woman and man in tow.
       Rachel seemed to freeze, seeing Williams eyes briefly before the
       look of utter disappointment before he continued to walk. “This
       way- this wing is mostly for those in rest periods.” Said
       William to knuckles.
       Her uncle blocking her view.”don’t pay attention to that one
       Rachel. “ she heard. Rachel looked in complete shock.”I.. don’t
       understand.. you were dead..” she stammered out. Tobias put his
       hand on her shoulder.”are you feeling up to talking.. I need to
       know what you did to that boy.” She heard.
       “His name is Bobby.” She said quietly.”and no- not until you
       tell me how you survived and why William is here.” She said not
       willing to even acknowledge the monster as her father at this
       point.
       Tobias gave a sigh. He took notice of rebel as well as
       recognition came to his face. “Okay Rachel, I’ll be honest- we
       were all pulled into this massive thing your father started.”
       She heard. “But if you don’t tell me, things might get worse for
       you and your remaining friend.” He said and looked at
       rebel.”he’s a clone of the general of here- so his parts could
       be taken to replace his.” He told Rachel.”they’ll aim for
       whatever your attached to that’s left..” said Tobias.”i know
       this as I’m trying to keep Daevon safe.. he may even be next on
       their list if you don’t say anything.” She heard as she felt the
       anxiety rise a little. Her mind raced for an answer that would
       be convincing enough.”… just.. remembered that god awful circle
       used on me in a state of distress.. and I used it.” She said
       quietly.”but we won’t know if it worked if he hasn’t woken up.”
       She finished as Tobias paused at her words. He saw how she just
       wouldn’t look at him. He knew why.
       The troubles of his boyfriend cycled through River's mind as he
       listened to the man. A plan slowly starting to form. "Then we
       plan an escape... just have to be careful who we tell. Wait
       until Rachel, her boyfriend, and Rebel are fully healed... we
       get more freedom if we cooperate... so we play along for a
       little while. You get a van nice and ready, maybe sabatoge all
       the other vehicles so no one can follow.... it will take time
       and patience.... but I will do everything I can to at least get
       you out of this place..." He said as he sat next to Daevon and
       pulled him into a loving kiss.
       "If we can figure out a way to bring your parents along... we
       can try and do that too.... try not to worry about what bad
       could happen... we... have to hold on to the idea he can get
       out... I've hidden from the mafia and apparently my brother's
       before, I'm sure I would be able to do it again." He said,
       hoping to sooth his partner's anxieties over their current
       situation.
       ----
       Every movment Death made seemed so purposeful. Even the way he
       kept Ed their lips connected as he ripped away her slinky little
       dress before her legs hit the back of the bed and she fell onto
       the bed with a gentle push from her lover. A hot moan escaped
       her as she felt his fingers teasing at her entrance, making her
       body ache with want and need.
       "Yes!" Jun moaned out at Death's question before her legs were
       pinned back and he sunk into her warmth earning fresh needy
       moans. The feline woman's arms tightly held onto her lover as he
       claimed her. His hands groaping her body before his teeth on her
       neck again as the man marked her before practically growling the
       word, *'mine'*. Her body was a writhing mess of pleasure as the
       humuclus bred her and his name fell off her lips in heated
       moans.
       ----
       The way that Steele looked over Sébastien's body had the doctor
       blushing as well as his eyes deepened back into that now
       familiar purple color. He made his way inside and sat down in
       the chair when it was pulled out.
       "Thank you, it smells great," he commented, trying to focus on
       the food and lot how the man's gaze made him so hot under the
       collar. The docor grabbed some chopsticks and began to help
       himself to the offering. He hadn't eaten this casually with
       anyone aside from Dior since he had been in collage and back
       then, he hadn't been attracted to his company. This was a rather
       new experience. "So, how long will you be hanging around now
       that Rachel's arms are fixed?" He questioned. If he was going to
       get attached, he need to make sure the guy wasn't going to run
       off on him.
       ----
       The following words spoken to Désirée by the men only did so
       much to calm her. She didn't want to go back to that cell. She
       was stunned when the scientist complained about her bruises and
       even asking if she eas in pain. Her eyes narrowed with even more
       distrust. "Not anything I can't handle..." She answered to
       William's question of pain, even pressing closer to Knuckles as
       she was led back to her prison. At least this time she had
       company.
       Dior felt like curling up in Famine's arms at the man calling
       them perfection, and even more so when his answer was forever.
       It made thrills shoot up Dior's spine.
       "That's more than okay." Dior purred back happily. "So, how long
       are we going to flirt before we finally kiss? Cause, I think I'm
       about at my limit,"
       Dior hadn't noticed the driver's attention on them, but they
       wouldn't have cared either way. All they could think about was
       how Famine's lips might feel under their own.
       -----
       Knuckles was slightly relieved that War was willing to try and
       work something out with Albert. He shot the scientist guy a cold
       glare and followed after him, holding onto the petite woman's
       hand.
       He wasn't all that impressed by the doctors seeming concern for
       her: especially from her physical reaction. He might not know
       much about the guy, but his guy was telling him to not trust the
       doctor.
       "I can't wait to see just where you are keeping her," he
       commented, his eyes going hard again.
       He had the feeling that the doctor might upgrade her cell to
       keep him from reporting what he discovered to War.
       His jaw clenched slightly when the doctor told him what the
       hospital wing was for. It was quite obvious to him, given he
       could see several familiar faces of Mafia guys in some of the
       beds.
       "I'm quite aware, I put three of them in there," He replied,
       clenching his fist, making his knuckles crack.
       ----
       War relaxed a bit at Alice's reassurance that she'd be okay. He
       wasn't quite sure where this protective and possessive feelings
       were coming from. He'd never felt these intense sort of feelings
       before.
       "Right, have fun. Enjoy yourself. I'm hoping this doesn't take
       all day. If you need anything, feel free to ask the guys for
       help. I'll come find you when I can," he promised.
       He wasn't surprised in the least but by her warning about
       William. "Oh, I'm not in the least bit fooled by him. You don't
       need to worry. All right, just don't feel like you have to stay
       put. Switch or Tank will gladly take you out if you want. Oh and
       Queen, my tech expert; should be arriving at some point. I think
       you two might get along,"
       War drew Alice in, kissing her gently on the lips before
       reluctantly pulling back. "I'll see you later and we can pick
       this back up then," he promised.
       He strode off towards the main entrance of the mansion, ringing
       the bell and waited as patiently as he could. When the butler
       arrived, War made a request  to meet with Albert.
       He was quite aware that the man could put him off meeting, or
       make him wait. Yet with all the fights that had happened
       already: he was certain that Albert wouldn't outright brush him
       off. There definitely needed to be some changes made.
       -----Rebel wasn't all that surprised by Rachel's cold tone. "The
       super tall  androgynous looking one?" Rebel asked to clarify.
       "They did seem like a rare nice one," he said thoughtfully.
       His face drew into a somber, hard one hearing what she'd gone
       through in the past. "that's just wrong,"
       Rebel leaned back, closing his eyes as the staff returned,
       talking loudly and making his head ache even worse. "It could
       help us out," he said thoughtfully.
       Rebel's attention was drawn to the man that started talking to
       Rachel. With his head pounding, it was hard to catch everything
       they were saying. It took him a few minutes for his addled mind
       to figure out he was the one the stranger had been talking
       about.
       "That's not fucking true! I had a mother! And I saw her die!"
       Rebel protested, sitting up too quickly. He let out a cry, as
       pain raced through both his leg and head. He clenched his head,
       falling back into the pillows grateful for the medic that was
       soon at his side. More morphine was administered and he groaned
       softly.
       "I'm not..I'm not a clone," he murmured softly.
       Daevon listened to his boyfriend speak. He knew what he was
       saying was right, they had to take their time. He felt the pull
       in and the warm kiss. “You’re right.. maybe even find out what
       their abilities are.. and how they found Bobby and Rachel so
       fast.” He said concerned.
       His mind calmed down and took a breath.”your right.. this will
       take time..once their healed we can have more hands on
       things..maybe we can get a chance to talk to the others.“ he
       said and rubbed his neck.”I can do that.. maybe do something
       with the brakes too if they get them running.” Said Daevon
       quietly. He leaned on the man trying to quiet his mind full of
       the worries that clouded inside.
       ———
       The more his body moved the more he could feel his end coming.
       Of course when his name came out of her mouth in such a heated
       way drove him over the edge as he came filling her. His mouth
       collided capturing the sound of her orgasm as well as his own.
       He rolled over to let her sit on top.”god your gorgeous…” he
       murmured after separating.. admiring her naked form.
       ——-
       Alice gave a smile and chuckled.”alright.. “ she said to feel
       the pull in and the kiss.”okay,” she said softly to watch him
       go.
       ——
       Famine blushed hard and heard the man’s question. “At your
       limit?.. guess we can’t have that can we?” He said as their
       conversation in the car distracted from the time it took to
       reach the mansion. Famine licked his lips a bit nervously. He
       never kissed anyone before! “J..just first time- sorry if it’s
       awkward.” He said to pull Dior down into a kiss. The kiss began
       to turn to a make out in the back of the car. Not noticing when
       they stopped. Of course when famine took a break saw a familiar
       face planted on the side of the window. - Alice with a grin on
       her face. She found out that famine was on a date after asking
       around and waited outside till she saw the car. He blushed
       hard.”Alice!!” He said for her to pull herself up on top of the
       car before Dior would turn around.”she thinks she’s being
       sneaky.” He said as he tried to calm down.
       ——
       Albert was sitting with his mother when he heard the call for a
       meeting.”… again?” He mumbled to feel his mother’s hand on
       his.”now now, it’s probably about all that fighting. Your father
       did well to keep the peace with war in the past, now it’s your
       turn- he normally is an easy man to talk to with such a name as
       his.”said Ellie.”now wipe off that frown.. you need to smile..
       as your father said..” she started as Albert finished.”never
       fully dressed without one- It can inspire  your friends,and
       keeps your enemies guessing, and makes anyone believe they are
       not in control.” He said.”I know.” He smiled to kiss his
       mother’s head.”rest.” He said before walking out of the room. A
       smile graced his face before he entered his home office as war
       was ushered in as well to take a seat.”war, it’s been a while
       since we talked..” he said as he finished.”we should make more
       meetings.. the infighting is starting to get out of hand.” He
       said.
       ——-
       Rachel’s head swiveled to rebel. She went to move.”he will be
       okay, “ she heard.”you worked him up with all of that!” She said
       now wondering if it was a ploy to make her talk.”he is one.. a
       woman that was in on the project got away with him.At least
       that’s what was in the files.” He said quietly.  Rachel gave a
       soft glare.”since I talked he will be fine right?” She asked as
       she watched her uncles hand on her other shoulder.”I don’t
       know.. the general is the one that owns him.. if anything the
       testing and broken leg bought him time.” He told her.  Rachel
       began to get emotional and worked up as a nurse pulled Tobias
       away.”your disturbing the patients and their healing- please
       leave.” Said a red head that often looked to Dior. It took a bit
       of shooing but Tobias could see nothing but guilt and
       uncertainty in the woman’s face.”rebel..” Rachel said
       gently.”don’t listen to that man okay.. just rest so your leg
       can get better.” She said trying to mask how she was feeling.
       ———
       Once the man was sitting, and eating he sat down
       himself.”probably longer- some of wars men mentioned needing
       some help with their automail. Said something about a major
       headache that caused some damage to them too.” He said with a
       sigh. “I find it a good time as any to fix up things and gain
       some extra cash flow if I can.” He said as he went for a drink
       he had gotten- tea.”like a cup?” He asked as he poured his own
       first.
       #Post#: 1254--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 11:58 am
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       "Exactly, know our enemies as best we can so they can't find us
       again... let everyone heal, good idea, you cut the break lines
       they will try but they won't get far." Rive responded, wrapping
       his arms around Daevon before tilting the man's chin up to look
       into his eyes. "It's going to be okay, if you need something to
       help get your mind of things... we could mess around with some
       of those fun things you were showing me yesterday." He suggested
       with a dark purr.
       ---
       The world was a swirling mess of color and shapes as Jun felt
       herself reach heights of pleasure she hadn't expected as Death
       bred her, filling her with his seed as they peaked together. His
       lips crashing into hers as they moaned into each other's needy
       mouth.
       When Death finally turned them over Jun sat up on his, enjoying
       the feeling of being so full before she finally pulled off, a
       blush crossing her lips as Death praised her beauty. She laid on
       his chest and kissed her lover deeply. "You are incredible..."
       She praised in a purr.
       After a good long while of cuddling with Death, feeling the man
       relax under her she finally decided to brave the question.
       "Death... could... could you please consider Tobias's
       suggestion?" She asked looking into the man's eyes. "I've...
       I've already lost him twice... I thought he was dead... then I
       lost his memory.... please don't take my husband from me
       again..... I am yours, nothing will change that.... but... I
       love him...." She expressed as a few tears rolled down her
       cheeks. "At least we could try out a date..." She added as she
       looked away from her lover.
       She found she was scared of his answer, so she pulled away from
       him and got out of the bed. "Just... just think about it...
       don't answer right away...." She suggested as she hurried of to
       the bathroom to get in the shower.
       ---
       It seemed having her savior around was already getting her
       situation in a better place at least as the scientist said he
       would find her a better cell.As the man walked away, Désirée
       looked but up at the man holding her hand. "I have been her
       for... i think a month...." the theif said in responce to
       William's question. She didnt feel like she could actually take
       a breath until the scientist began to leave the two of them
       alone.
       "What... if a Chimera?" She questioned reluctantly, unsure if
       she actually wanted to know the answer.she was finding more and
       more that the more she knew about this place, the more scared
       she got.
       ---
       "I do need to look at your leg in the morning speaking of.
       Figure out what the problem is so we can help you be in less
       pain... I'm... glad you will be sticking around..." He said,
       fluttering himself at such an admission. "Ayes, a cup of Tea
       would be perfecf," He agreed as he popped a bite of chicken into
       his mouth.Knuckles shrugged his shoulders at William's
       explanation of having been in the field. "Whatever you say,"
       The cell they stopped at was truly dismal and quite disgusting
       in his opinion. A very small cot in one corner, a bucket in the
       other and very gross smelling.
       Knuckles made a face at the request to sit inside, and stepped
       in, ushering the woman behind him, leaning against the bars
       instead. He shot a defiant glare, still protectively holding one
       of her hands.
       "Oh you really should. This looks more like a cage than a cell,
       smells like it too,"
       Knuckles hackles eased a bit when William left them there with
       two guards standing a few feet on either side of the cage.
       Hearing the beauty's question had him turning to give her a
       softer look.
       "Chimeras are mythological creatures from what I recall. Like a
       mix of two or more creatures. Not sure how they could pull that
       off though," he commented, wondering what sort of crazy people
       were in charge.
       "You can call me Knuckles, it's safer than using my christian
       name in these places. What would you like me to call you?" He
       asked.
       -----
       Dior felt their heartbeat rise at Famine's reply, a very eager
       excitement rise inside them for what was about to happen.
       Their eyes widened in surprise at the revelation they were about
       to be Famine's first kiss. "How's that poss.."
       Dior's shocked question was muffled by the sweetest kiss they'd
       ever had before. Dior  melted under Famine's lips, wrapping
       their hands around his neck and kissed him back deeply. Dior
       lost all track of time, loving every moment of their mouths
       being entangled together.
       "Wow," Dior finally breathed out, wonder showing on their face.
       They blinked slowly, dazed and still not all quite there.
       It was Famine's exclamation that brought them out of their
       euphoric high, turning to look. They chuckled a bit at Famine's
       explanation, and hearing the noise on the roof of the car.
       "Well you needn't worry about her scaring me off. You are a
       natural amazing kisser. I think I nearly swooned once," Dior
       admitted feeling their face flush.
       -------War only had to wait a short while before the butler
       returned to lead him through the mansion to Albert's office. His
       gaze swept over the room before he moved to sit in a wide chair
       across from Albert's desk.
       "It has been awhile," he agreed. "While I'm not a fan of
       meetings, I agree. We need to figure out a way for all of us to
       coexist better. Maybe getting the men to work together would
       help. But first, I have a request."
       While he'd made requests before, it had never been for a person
       before. Also he wasn't sure how Albert was going to take it.  "I
       have an interest in one of your captives waiting to be
       experimented on. The young woman is a skilled thief; who tried
       to steal from you. I and my men will take responsibility for
       keeping her in line. While she can never replace what was
       broken, it is possible she can be more useful as she is. My top
       three aren't modified and are a testimant to that."
       After making his point as well as he could, War gave his
       thoughts on how to get there men from fighting one another.
       Splitting up patrols; joint training sessions among other
       things.
       "I'll speak to my men, let them know about these changes. Oh,
       and my technology expert should be arriving in a few days. You
       should let your men know Queen won't tolerate anyone touching
       her, or getting in her face."
       -------Rebel was in a state of shock and he kept protesting, not
       wanting to believe what he'd heard. If he'd been created for
       body parts, did that mean he was nothing? That he didn't even
       have a soul?
       He calmed down a bit more once the morphine and sedatives the
       nurse administered kicked in. Rebel was relieved when the guy
       finally left.
       Rachel's words had him close his eyes and turn his head away.
       "I-i'll try," he said finally.
       He knew quite well from things he'd heard that a broken leg
       might not keep other parts of him from being harvested. That was
       what scared him. What would keep this guy from leaving him a
       broken husk?
       Rebel passed out, his sleep filled with dark nightmares.Daevon
       felt his head tilted to blush.”I don’t mind…messing around..” he
       managed to stammer out after remembering just how the man took
       over. Normally he was top but River changed his idea al
       together. The purr at the end making him a little hard.”you know
       how to turn me on..” he mumbled before his mouth connected with
       Rivers again as he fiddled with his belt, he slid down to his
       knees to start sucking off River as he looked up. Giving a
       rather sexy look.
       ——
       Death room the kiss and snuggles, he felt a lot better after
       having to be apart and the words of that human man.. why he let
       it affect him he wasn’t sure why.
       As he seemed in his head did he hear the question of his lover
       to blink. Seeing the emotion in her face. He watched as she
       seemed scared of what might come out of his mouth. He laid there
       in thought. “Maybe… I should.” He mumbled to the room. His
       distaste of sharing Jun was on his face.. but the idea of dating
       and finding out her life before this change.. made him curious.
       He quietly slid out.. and made his way to the shower to slide
       behind her.”alright.. for you.. a date.. I can’t say how I’ll be
       or if I’ll accept it- but give me time.” He told Jun softly,
       “But in turn.. whatever memories you hold.. share with me?..
       your hopes.. your dreams…” he asked gently.
       —-Steele took notice of the flustered look and the words given
       to blush himself. He poured a cup for the man.”honestly.. you
       really draw me in doll face.. honestly.. your everything I want
       in a man.” Said Steele to eat some more.”easy on the eyes,
       intelligent…easy to fluster..” he said and looked at him before
       swallowing his tea.”if only I could know your name so I know
       what to moan out if I manage to take you to bed.” He flirted
       teasingly.
       ——Famine chuckled.”it’s not that I think she’d chase you off
       its..” he started before her head hung on the other side of
       famine giving Dior a grin. Famine blinked to turn to see her
       hair going up already.”she’s gonna tease me and I know it.” He
       said as he went to open the door to come out.”famine you found
       yourself a lover! Good good!” She said. She looked at Dior who
       was taller than she was. “My names Alice! Who are you?” She
       asked as famine blushed.”that’s rude Alice! And this is Dior..
       the nurse that took care of me.” He said as her head tilted.”but
       you heal fast, why did you need a nurse…” she said before
       smirking.”you just wanted a reason to suck face with them.” She
       said as he blushed harder.”Alice!”
       ——“One thing how will you make sure she won’t run off?” Asked
       Albert. “I’d like insurance on that.. “ he finished. “I want
       that and her to come with whoever is in charge to pay me
       directly. I want to be sure of that- but if she runs off and has
       to be snagged back- she goes back to the testing wing.” He said
       to war. “ keep in mind that this is something I feel would be
       fair enough- yes?” He asked.
       “As for queen I’ll make note to not touch the woman- my men
       should know better. If she’s touched and she lashes out- she
       won’t suffer repercussions.” He said with a serious tone.
       ——
       Rachel saw how rebels head turned. Her eyes gaining a bit of
       anger. The unease settling inside was eating at her that quickly
       left to thoughts of when she’d see her cousin.. or if anything
       would get better.
       The flesh coat of pink of Daevon's cheeks made River smirk a
       little, enjoying his boyfriend being the flustered one for once.
       A stammered agreement later and Daevon had captured his lips,
       easily freeing River from his pants, the humuculus helping to
       take his pants off completely. A lustful gaze coated River's
       eyes as his boyfriend began to pleasure him.
       "God you are good at this...." He couldn't help but moan out,
       his hands tangling into Daevon's hair as he hips rocked deeper
       into his boyfriend's mouth and throat.
       ---
       The water cascaded down Jun's body as she finished getting
       herself clean, trying not to focus on whatever disappointment
       was likely to come soon.
       So, when Death slid in the shower behind her, giver Jun the
       answer she had been hopeing for, she quickly turned around with
       a massive smile on her lips. "Really?" She questioned, a little
       in disbelief. "I will tell you anything I can remember..." She
       agreed before pulling her lover into a deep kiss. "You have no
       idea how much this means to me..." She purred when the kiss
       broke.
       ----
       Hearing what Steele had to say had Sébastien blushing quite dark
       as his eyes became the deepest purple yet as he swallowed. His
       throat felt so dry all of a sudden as his body reacted to what
       the man had to say. "You certainly speak your mind..." He said
       as he sipped the tea.
       He contemplated for a long moment before finally speaking again.
       "Sébastien... that... is my first name... don't tell anyone... I
       don't trust many people... so I am hoping I can trust you...."
       He admitted. Sébastien felt like his heart was pounding a mile a
       minute.
       ----The feeling of safety Désirée felt as Knuckles looked at her
       with that soft, gentle expression in his eyes. "Usually I'm
       called Red.... doesn't exactly have the same vibe when I'm not
       in my gear... thank you for trying to help me... hopefully your
       boss can broker something out that I don't end up in this cage
       for the rest of my life..." She said with a sigh as she rubbed
       her upper arm with her hands. The clothes she had been changed
       into when she was captured did not protect against the chilly
       air in the cell.
       "Do you go around saving every blonde you see or am I just
       special?" She questioned with a smirk.Dior chuckled themselves
       when the woman's head popped down on the other side of Famine
       flashing a toothy grin.
       "I get what you meant by the wonderland reference now," they
       said, amusement in their tone. "Teasing's not that bad,"
       Dior slide out of the car behind Famine and smoothed out their
       dress. It was rather cute how protective Famine was acting. Sure
       Alice seemed to be a bit over the top, but Dior thought she was
       rather fun as well.
       "Nice to meet you Alice," Dior replied taking her hand and shook
       it gently. "The term though is 'make out'," Dior added with a
       wink.
       Dior released Alice's hand and took Famine's again. "I had a
       great time with you today. I don't want to take up all your time
       if you've got other things to do. Maybe we can do something
       together tomorrow?"
       -----
       War considered Albert's question for a long moment. "If she has
       the right incentive, she probably won't want to run off. She has
       caught the eye of one of my men, and sees him as a protector.
       She's likely going to want to keep that. I'll tell her the rest
       of the conditions you have. Though..the threat of being
       experimented on would probably be enough." He added.
       "Have you ever thought to experiment on willing people?    There
       would be less chance of them trying to get away," War couldn't
       help but add.
       "she will be grateful. She doesn't care for bloodshed normally.
       It's more of a reflective reaction." War explained as vaguely as
       he could.
       "So, I'll talk to my men and give them the new order of things.
       I'll see you at our next meeting," he finished standing up to
       go. "of course if you need to change the time or day, just let
       me know,"
       ------"okay Red it is. We can replace your gear. If I know War,
       he'll figure something out that's fair to both sides. He might
       be like the God of War and a badass, but he's not all bad,"
       Knuckles reassured her.
       Seeing Red rubbing her upper arms, hand him letting her hand go
       to pull off the stolen jacket and put it on her small frame.
       Her question made his mouth twitch and his eyes twinkle. "I
       don't actually go around saving many, Red. I'm a big bad killer,
       don't ya know? Though I do think there's something special about
       you. Since we're going to be stuck together, we might as well
       get to know one another better. If you want to of course,"Daevon
       felt the hands entangle in his hair and his eyes gave a slight
       roll to the feel of River going deeper in his throat. After a
       bit of letting River manhandle him that way. He then got the man
       to the bed to get on top, being filled was on his mind, he
       figured when he was more not so out of sorts they would flip
       things. Course the idea of River being dominate was on his mind
       and how he was pinned last time came to mind.”love it when your
       like that..” he purred back before beginning to ride.
       ——-
       Death smiled softly to feel the kiss. Hearing how happy she was
       and the feeling of how she was. Made him wonder a bit about
       Tobias. The man seemed warm- nothing like the cold hearted twin
       he came to know. “What’s your favorite flower?” He asked as he
       drew her in close to enjoy her body a bit before they would get
       out.
       ——-
       “Sometimes it’s best to- ya never know when you’ll kick the
       bucket.” Said Steele with a chuckle. He watched as Sebastian
       contemplated telling him- the colors fluctuating all different
       colors in his thoughts, till it froze to a purple as he got an
       answer.”I’ll keep it secret.. and only use it in the bedroom..
       sebby.” He said aiming for a new nickname.
       How he was and how cute he seemed with the ribbon in his hair..
       temptation won out as his hand reached out to brush back the few
       loose trundles of hair back.”I find it interesting how the
       colors fluctuate as you think.. your hair is quite soft.” He
       said before tugging the ribbon on purpose to watch it go
       down.”oops- my bad I thought it was something on your shoulder.”
       He said as he got close to ‘tie it back.’ His face was close to
       Sebastian’s his breath hitched a bit before he made his decision
       to slip his mouth on Sebastian’s. The man’s lips get
       surprisingly soft. It wasn’t hard to tell the man chewed his
       bottom lip in thought. He broke the kiss after a few
       moments.”sorry I couldn’t help myself.” He said to draw back.
       ——-Alice blinked and smiled.”I love that story.” She said to
       look Dior up and down.”you snagged a pretty one famine.”she said
       before feeling her hand taken..she watched Dior shake it without
       fear.. “I like them.” She said with a smile.
       She hung back as she heard the question.”no no! Come with us!”
       Said Alice now happy to know this one wasn’t scared of her.
       Famine heard his friend.”we can do something tomorrow- but can
       you still do dinner with us? Mean I think Alice wants to make
       friends. Even if it’s just for now.. and maybe later.. we can
       find a place..” Alice side eyed a bit to step back and hummed as
       famine noticed her giving them space.
       “Maybe we can go to a room and watch a movie.. maybe kiss more?”
       He asked his hand playing with the gift bag in his hand.
       ——-Albert watched as war contemplated- the way the man was
       brought memories of how his father would talk to the man. Always
       calm and collected. Things ran smoothly then.  He hoped he could
       live up to the same. He got so lost in his memories he almost
       didn’t catch wars words. His blue eyes opened.”willing people
       are in short supply war.” Said Albert. “Even if we did get that
       not all are compatible to what we need- that’s why we lean on
       deals and punishments depending on the severity. The woman
       technically came into my mother’s room- her safety is
       everything- and what she broke? My father’s ashes. - we were
       lucky it didn’t shatter- that urn was special made you know.” He
       told war.
       “I understand- she still has a right to defend herself.. and yes
       please.” He told war. “I will be sure to inform beforehand-
       likewise to you as well.” Said Albert as he smoothed his hair
       back a little.The faces Daevon made as he let River treat him so
       roughly drove him more and more wild. His lover pushed him back
       on the bed when the man decided he wanted more, impaling himself
       and getting a fresh hot moan out of River. "So tight!" He gasped
       as his hips thrusted up into the man as his hands settled on
       Daevon's hips guiding him. His thrusts got rougher and needier
       as he watched his sexy boyfriend ride him.
       The purred encouragement was more than enough to push River past
       the point of control. He soon flipped them over to plow into
       Daevon roughly like he had the previously. "Can't wait to fill
       this ass up again..." He growled as his pace got even rougher.
       ----
       "Mmmm my favorite flowers are lillies." Jun mused as she gladly
       snuggled closer to Death as he pulled her closer. Groans leaving
       her when he touched sensitive areas.
       ---
       "Thank you," Sébastien said as he blushed even more at the
       nickname. He couldn't help how his body stiffened as Steele got
       close, fussing with the ribbon in his long hair, pulling it out
       by mistake. "Oh... that's okay..." He said feeling all kinds of
       shy. As the automale mechanic tied the ribbon back, their faces
       were so close. Then, Nickolas kissed him. It took his breath
       away and by the time Steele pulled back and apologized he
       already knew he wanted more than just a kiss. "Don't
       apologized," was all he said as he pulled the man by his shirt
       to kiss him back deeply, a groan living him at how good the guy
       tasted on his lips.
       ---A slight smirk crossed Red's lips when Knuckles put his coat
       around her after promising her new equipment. "Sure hope you
       aren't leading me on... you seem too good to be true..." She
       said with a laugh as she tried to hide the blush on her cheeks
       when he called himself a big bad killer before telling her she
       was special.
       "What do you want to know?" She questioned, backing up to sit on
       the cot. "Can't promise I'll answer all of your questions, or
       even answer them truthfully." She teased, though she was mostly
       serious.
       Dior was really starting to like Alice. "Thank you, you're quite
       beautiful yourself. I like you too,"
       Dior's eyes flickered between the two as a dinner invite was
       issued, Famine agreed to hanging out and then asked to spend
       more time with them. The mention of a room, had Dior's eyes
       widen a bit.
       "I would love to spend more time with you Famine. And yes to
       dinner with the both of you." Dior said before Alice moved back
       to give them more space.
       "We can use my room if you'd like. It's a bit on the cozy side,
       but will work well enough." Dior suggested, "plus a good sized
       TV screen and lots of movies to pick from. And I can change for
       dinner that way. Nice to meet you Alice, I'll see you later,"
       Dior said giving her a wave and taking Famine's free hand.
       "Let's go not watch a movie and make out like mad,"
       ------
       It seemed to take Albert a few moments to answer. When he did
       explain why the woman had been given her punishment, he felt
       like he'd been used.
       "If there aren't any willing, instead of having kill on sight
       orders, I could bring some back to you." He offered.
       "Had I known more about the whole story and crime, I probably
       would have thought over making such a request. I won't retract
       it though."
       If you'd like, I can have Queen update your security system. She
       stays on top of every new upgrade. Is it possible that the thief
       was hired to  go after the ashes? To screw with your head and
       all? I'll make sure the men keep a close eye on her. I'll
       definitely have her put through some training drills. If she's
       kept busy, she'll have less time to think of escaping or trying
       anything."
       "Hopefully Queen won't have to. I'd like to keep the body count
       at zero. I will give you the same courtesy. " War agreed.
       When the two men had finished, War headed out of the mansion.
       His first stop was to find Switch and tell him to gather the men
       up for a meeting, and pass along the news to Tank. Then he
       headed to find Knuckles and his newest recruit.
       -----Knuckles shifted closer at Red's words. "Leading you on?
       Not in the slightest, Red. I most definitely want to do anything
       you can ever dream of or imagine in that dirty delicious mind of
       yours," Knuckles couldn't help but say.
       The way she'd flushed, had him realize she was into dirty
       things, not that he minded.
       Knuckles watched her sit, grinning at her teasing and moved to
       sit down on the cot next to her. "Well there's a lot I want to
       know, we can start with the basics for now. First off, what's
       your most sensitive areas? Neck? Sides? Your hands? Maybe
       lower?"
       With each question, Knuckles gently stroked his finger over each
       place: stopping on her wrist, as well as lowering his voice in a
       seductive tone.
       "Should probably wait on the lower areas when we have more
       privacy,"Daevon heard the man’s heated words to feel the thrusts
       rail against a spot eliciting a new guttural sound all together
       from the man. His hips moving trying to keep up with River’s
       appetite that seemed to be growing with each thrust.
       The world cycled around before he found himself pinned to the
       bed and the look River face when he said what he said made
       Daevon blush, his voice carried into desperate cries feeling
       himself getting close. “Fuck.. River!” Slid out before hot seed
       spilled all over him. His eyes rolled back a little as he felt
       the hot seed inside his ass. He gasped - catching his breath.
       “You’re fucking amazing..” he managed as he took a minute to
       just breathe.
       ——Death smiled as his hands wandered her in the shower.”food?”
       He asked as he nipped at her neck.. enjoying the little sounds
       as he contemplated taking her one more time.
       ——
       Steele felt the tug back in and felt the groan as their mouths
       melded. Being given a better taste of the man did the automail
       mechanic make his decision. He took Sebastian’s hand taking him
       to the bed, he sat down and got the man to sit on top.”your
       going to have to ride me.. “ he mumbled softly as he kissed the
       man, the ribbon being tugged right back out as he rented a
       little at Sebastian’s shirt exposing his chest to kiss his neck,
       With some help he was able to get his pants off and he detached
       his leg for the sake of the bed, as heavy as that thing was- it
       would only be in the way of what he wanted, he tugged the doctor
       on top of him, playing with Sebastian’s body as he imagined the
       mouth elsewhere than on his own.
       ——Famine smiled to see Alice giving him a thumbs up. She watched
       the two go and decided to go clean up herself and dress for
       dinner. Famine looked different to her- he seemed calmer and
       happy as he followed Dior to the man’s room, “wars so gonna
       wanna hear this one..” said Alice with a teasing smile to make
       her way back inside.
       Famine followed Dior blushing at the words he had heard. The
       idea of more things that he was new to weighed on his mind. Was
       he ready for this? Was it okay? His stomach full of butterflies
       before he was led inside a room.
       ——“I don’t mind that- but even then there are some in here with
       their own things.. some are used as payment for others freedom..
       you’d be amazed how many claim to be family and use their own
       blood to get out of debts.” He said.
       “Unsure the girl refused to answer beyond ‘it looked expensive.”
       But I’d gladly take queens suggestion for hallways and front
       doors and the outside but there are rooms I don’t feel
       comfortable for cameras.” He told the man.
       Once done he watched war go. “Guess I better make my own
       rounds..” he said to stand up and make his way out of the room,
       heading to a few wings for updates.
       ——
       After having gotten things arranged did william come back, he
       quietly saw how the two were being, to make a few notes.  No
       room was open at the moment- but he planned on moving the girl
       if they hadn’t convinced Albert otherwise. He stepped his way
       down the hall to see a familiar red head passing by. She seemed
       happier than normal. He sighed before he finally ran into James
       who finally looked patched up.”we need to talk,.” He heard to
       sigh.”fine.”
       Once they reached a room and the door closed did William seem to
       get a colder look as he was told what happened the days he
       wasn’t there.”your spawn of a child ruined everything! It was
       meant to pressure Daevon into trying… I am stuck on how to trick
       the boy with pestilence having lost his memory.”  He told the
       man. William sighed at the roadblock. Manipulating things were
       never James strength. He didn’t think Rachel was capable of
       trying- let alone succeeding given her half baked status. It was
       thanks to a black cat that often use to hang around him- that he
       had worked on to talk to him about things that he felt was
       important, “once she’s healed enough, we can start a few tests
       on her- what if the boy?” He asked as James sighed.”I don’t
       know- they won’t let me near those three!” Said James as William
       made an offhand comment under his breath.”and I wonder why.”
       James got a bit of a look,”what was that?” He asked.William
       looked back.”nothing, your on desk duty, “ he told the man as he
       shuffled for some vials and a shot.”also order dinner, I’ll be
       back.” He said as he walked off toward the hospital wing.Seeing
       Daevon cum all over himself with that sexy look on his face was
       more than enough to make River spill deep inside of his lover as
       the man tightened around him. He panted as he held himself over
       the man before slowly pulling out and laying on the bed next to
       his liver before pulling him in close as he kissed at the man's
       neck. "Mmm that was a pretty amazing fuck," he teased, enjoying
       their closeness.
       ----
       "I ate not to long ago...." Jun said in a heated breath as Death
       touched her and nibbled at her neck. "Only thing I want right
       now... is you..." She said a little shyly, blushing at the
       admission.
       ---
       It seemed the reaction to pull Steele in and kiss him back
       triggered something in the automale mechanic as the man led
       Sébastien to the bed, being pulled into the man's lap before the
       doctor's long hair was freed again. "That... shouldnt be a
       problem..." he breathed out. The heat between the two men only
       grew as Nickolas opened up his shirt and began to kiss over his
       body. By the time he had helped Steele out of his clothes and
       leg, Sébastien was about quaking with want.
       Once the man was ready, he was pulled back on top and kissed
       Steele deeply as his hands roamed the man's body. Stroking the
       man's shaft as he imagined it inside of himself. His kisses
       slowly moved down until he took Nickolas's member into his
       mouth, groaning at the taste.
       ----
       The words Knuckles spoke as he got closer and then sat next to
       Désirée had her blushing darker and darker. A chuckle escaped
       her at just how forward the man was and smirked at him a little.
       His touches causing her to try and steady her breath to not give
       away just how much he was affecting her. "Slow down tiger, buy
       me a drink first at least." She teased.Dior led Famine through a
       different entrance halfway between the hospital wing and the
       grand entrance. It being the living quarters for the staff and
       medics that lived there: it wasn't quite as fancy but was well
       kept and clean.
       "I'm on the second floor," Dior said pausing at the stairs to
       hike up their dress before starting up them.
       At the top, Dior turned to the left and stopped at the third
       door down, pausing to pull out their key. "we don't have to do
       more than kissing. I'm happy enough with kissing and cuddling."
       Dior spoke up, feeling the anxiety coming off of Famine.
       Once they were both inside the small room, Dior stepped out of
       their shoes and removed their heavy earrings. "Why don't you
       make yourself comfortable? Just leave your shoes by the door."
       Just like Dior's choice of clothes, their room reflected Dior's
       aesthetic. White walls accented with black and gold decorations
       and paintings. The floor had been redone in black wood panels, a
       white fuzzy carpet under a gold bed frame. The bed was covered
       in blankets and pillows in the same colors.
       "I'm thinking I might change into something a bit looser, if you
       want to pick out a movie, they're in here,"
       Dior moved to open some accordion doors on the wall across from
       the bed. Inside was a flat screen TV and tons of DVDs, all
       organized and ordered by genre.
       Dior headed to their closet, and after a few moments of looking,
       pulled out a short loose fitting gown. "Be right back," they
       promised, going into their small private bathroom to change.
       Dior came out a little bit later, lipstick free, the gown just a
       few inches above their knees and posed at the doorway, taking in
       Famine slowly. "What movie did you decide on cutie?" They asked,
       feeling a few butterflies of their own.
       It had been a very long time since Dior had been close to
       another man.-----
       After having finally tracked down Tank and filling him in,
       Switch headed outside to check over their vehicles. He wasn't a
       mechanic, but knew some of the basics. It was quite apparent
       though that they'd be needing an actual mechanic to maintain
       their fleet properly.
       His head jerked up at the sound of an approaching motorcycle and
       then relaxed when he recognized it.
       The sleek armored motorcycle pulled up next to the SUV he'd been
       checking over a few moments later.
       "Switch, good to see you," came the cool south African voice of
       Queen as she slid off her helmet.
       "Good to see you too. I'll show you around. Need a hand with
       anything?," Switch asked politely, making sure to keep proper
       distance.
       Queen shook her head, using her mech arm to remove her oversized
       duffle bag and lifted it easily. "I got it. So...has Knuckles
       put anyone in a body bag yet?"
       Switch chuckled. "Thankfully no. There's three in the infirmary,
       and one I had to shoot. He's recovering."
       "Such restraint," Queen commented with a slight twitch of her
       lip.
       Switch led her off to the private wing he and the rest of War's
       men had been placed. Thankfully there weren't any Mafia guys
       wandering around. Though Switch would have loved to see Queen in
       action, using her deadly assassin skills.
       Switch filled her in on what was going on and then Albert's
       wanting her suggestions for upgrading his security.
       Queen nodded as she set up her equipment in her room. "I'll make
       sure to set up an appointment so I can get started on it right
       away. You can go,"
       Switch nodded, stepping away from the doorway and pulled the
       door closed.
       Queen went through the Dark Mansion's security footage and
       compiled the videos onto a thumb drive. While some of what she
       saw was disturbing, her cool expression never changed. There had
       been a time she'd gone by Ice Queen, but had dropped the Ice
       part.
       Once her work for War was done she shot off a quick text message
       to Albert inquiring when he'd want to do a walk through.-------
       Knuckles was quite enjoying seeing just how dark he could get
       Red to blush. The name seemed quite fitting by now.
       Knuckles could tell his words and touch were affecting her more
       than Red let on. Oh...this one would be fun to play with.
       Her teasing had him chuckling. "Do you prefer slow? I could ask
       a friend to bring us some beers, or whatever you're in the mood
       for,"
       He would have kept up his dirty flirting if he hadn't heard a
       War's familiar footfall approaching. "Let's get back to this in
       a little bit, we're about to get an update,"
       War eyed the young woman and noted how Knuckles adjusted himself
       when he arrived outside the cell.
       He relayed the conditions Albert and he had agreed on.
       "I would suggest you take this opportunity. Albert takes his
       mother's safety very seriously. The fact he didn't outright
       execute you shows he used a great deal of restraint. If you need
       time to think it over, you have until tomorrow night." War
       finished.
       Knuckles squeezed Red's hand gently. "I suppose they'll want her
       in a more secure room than where I am currently housed. I have
       no problem moving to wherever they put her,"Deavon felt the pull
       out.. but still felt full. He panted a bit at the feeling before
       feeling himself pulled in. The soft kiss to his neck bringing
       him out more.”it was..” he murmured. Despite the feeling of
       bliss, a small irk behind his mind wondered why no one else came
       to him. The fact out of the group he was unharmed, intact, and
       still human somewhat left him unnerved.“Wonder if we can wander
       around if you asked.. kind of want to get fruit but not be stuck
       in here all the time..” he mumbled.”maybe even check out their
       garage area?” He asked as he turned to snuggle more with the
       man.
       ——-
       Death gave a soft chuckle.”wanting another round love?” He
       murmured against her hair. His hands and mouth wandered where it
       could before finding a position safe for the shower to dive into
       her folds again. The sound of skin slapping skin-sounded so much
       louder in the shower. His pants and groans became more apparent
       with each thrust he took. His hand stabilized her a bit more as
       he pounded a little rougher as the water ran from hot to cool as
       he went, feeling himself build up until he felt the urge to
       release. He came again.. granted this time it didn’t feel as
       hard. He held onto Jun so she wouldn’t lose her footing as he
       made sure she was okay.
       ——Steele watched as the man helped him to lean back, watching as
       what was left was lost on Sebastian. The passionate kissing and
       the soft delicate hands gripping his shaft as it stroked caused
       him to groan more with want. But the moment he watched the man
       slide down kissing his chest down to his member, gave a hot gasp
       at his mouth.”oooh sebby..” he groaned with a deep tone in his
       voice.”such a hot mouth you have..” slid out as his hands
       entangled in the doctors hair to give a soft buck. “Makes it
       hard to hold back…” he groaned as he enjoyed the feeling of the
       tongue swirling.
       ——-
       Famine followed Dior to take in the different wing. He frowned a
       little at the accommodations- it didn’t seem right for the
       personnel it was almost as if they were being treated
       differently.
       He heard Dior to follow him up the stairs.. he saw stares of
       what few people were passing by.. granted they were looking down
       at him.. so was hard not to.
       Famine blushed a bit at the words. He didn’t think about going
       any further- but the idea of taking things a little slow was a
       good idea.
       Once they got to the room he heard Dior and smiled softly,”go
       ahead.” He said to kick his shoes off as he would normally and
       then placed them on the proper spot .
       He saw how the man opened where the tv was before watching him
       go to change. He shrugged his baggy coat off placing it in a
       chair he saw. He then started looking at movies  when Dior came
       out he turned his head to blush a bit hard.”I am split- I enjoy
       cabin by the lake, but Freddy seems more something I tend to
       lean to. Given it’s kind of greatest fears driven.” He said. He
       almost couldn’t take his eyes off Dior as his mind wandered a
       little.
       ——-Albert noticed a message, he took note of a number and made
       it a contact with queens name as she noted in her message. He
       shot back to meet him in the main hall of the mansion. The man
       started to make his way there, passing briefly by a few wings of
       various places.. one being quite locked up. No one was allowed
       in that wing- save for a handful of people-for whatever reason
       one would not know,
       He got to where he would be waiting to sit down to fiddle with
       his phone. Tea was brought into where people could sit and visit
       to take it and sip. His mind seemingly elsewhere.
       ——William had reached the medical wing. There he saw a man
       sleeping, Rachel sleeping herself and saw Bobby. He made his way
       over to look at the charts of the man. His stormy grey eyes
       making a small glare.”never woke up?” He mumbled before he saw a
       nurse approaching him. He put his hand up and showed his badge
       as the nurse realized.”Sorry Doctor William, I assumed you were
       Tobias.” He heard.”understandable.. I’m just here to take blood
       samples from Bobby here.” He said. “Also forward any changes to
       my wing.” He told the woman as she seemed to nod.  Once she left
       he turned to work. His hand going back to the medical drawer
       pulling out what one would need. He softly pressed the needle
       after finding the man’s arm. He worked at doing what he could
       for the unconscious man to get a stream of blood.. it started
       off red with the first sample, but as it came for the next two-
       seemed to change colors.
       He held one up to note it and slid it in his lab coat pocket. He
       pressed the cotton on the spot he went for to get the needle out
       and wrapped it up. Once he finished there he moved to Rachel his
       eyes slowly casting to the absence of the arms. The same
       disappointment came into his face. She wasn’t meant to be in
       pieces. Or broken. His hand drifted to her charts, noticing she
       had surgery for the connectors. It had been six years since he
       last saw her, the girl had grown quite a bit, her face looking
       more like her mothers from his perspective. He sat the chart
       down. He quietly got to the side to her iv that stood. He pulled
       the shot he had in his hand. The substance looking like red
       water. He shot it in, and watched closely as she seemed to relax
       more. He pulled his notebook out to write down the observation,
       before sliding it back in his breast pocket.
       He took note of the injured man in bed, he looked at the charts
       and got a better look at his face. He made additional notes of
       what to test for before putting it back. The man began to walk
       back samples in hand.He took notice of James.”got the samples..
       we need to head to my wing.” He told the man as James
       straightened up for once. He walked by the man. While he held a
       jealousy.. William was one thing he could respect that Tobias
       wasn’t.. a scientist, and an intelligent one at that.
       As they made their way, key figures of research joined them. One
       of wars people a woman with a loss of an eye followed them, her
       hands on her gun. She was one that always seemed detached from
       the world.. while she followed wars commands.. there were a few
       that she listened above his.
       Alice who was making her way to the bedroom stopped short to see
       William already making his way to hide.. granted horribly. She
       got eye contact as flashes of her own torture came to mind. He
       ignored her as they got to where they were going. Id’s were
       flipped out before they headed inside. The doors shut with a
       prominent sound of a lock. The woman stationing herself out
       front as an indicator of not to disturb.
       Alice scampered away not wishing to know what was behind those
       doors. Making her way to wars room, only to crawl under the
       covers as she tried to let her panic attack to stifle.
       Meanwhile inside, sounds of more abominations of experiments
       could be heard- mixed with that of voices pleading for help,
       death, and more. Not that William cared in either way. In his
       wing- he was in control.  Once in this wing- there was no help,
       no saving.. unless William allowed such a feat.. few made it out
       to the bright world.. such as Alice had. He considered her near
       perfect..  had her mind stayed intact- she would have been more.
       All anyone had known is if you get too curious and wander in-
       most likely will not come out.. and if you did- you would not be
       what you were.The man gave the samples to James.”try to actually
       do work this time and focus.” Said the cold man.”we are getting
       close and I feel it.” He said as he walked by various tubes..
       instruments of his own work about the room. The lighting was
       dimmed and the windows boarded to keep the light from messing
       more delicate parts of his work.
       “Alright.. I know one is changed and she’s doing well. But
       again- famine has messed with the project and made it worse.The
       other- the boy.. hasn’t woken up. He feels cold to the touch but
       clearly the change is happening.” He said as he looked at what
       few books and notes out of the country he had written.”if we
       play right.. we may have a way to keep the body and amplify
       those with alchemy..we have yet for Robert to awaken, but we can
       test his healing in time.“ he said as he wrote things down. He
       never was one for computers outside of his own security cameras
       - having it on the computer felt like a come and get me feel he
       didn’t like. He had his copies in other places if he ever had to
       move. “Unfortunately the project with Daevon rosecroft fell
       through. May need to find a different means to do what we can.”
       He said his hand on his chin.
       “Maybe this way we can have an affective way to have close to
       the true stone.. the travel to amestris proved to be unfruitful-
       they burned everything.” He said to sigh. James looked at
       William in suprise.”your kidding!”
       William shook his head.”they didn’t want a repeat so  they made
       sure to burn it all. Albert’s desire is going to be wasted going
       that route- might as well stick to what we know this way. Be
       easier.” Said William in thought.In response to Daevon's words,
       River snuggled closer to his lover. "We can get cleaned up and
       do that if you want." He agreed, though made no attempt at
       moving or letting go of his boyfriend. "Maybe they will give us
       a tour of the place so we can plan shit a little better," he
       suggested.
       ---
       "I love it when you breed me..." Jun admitted with a dark blush
       at Death's question for a round two. The man's hands roamed her
       body, teasing every sensitive spot he could reach before he
       pinned her to the wall, her leg hooked over one of his arms as
       his other hand steadied her before he slid inside. Jun could
       practically see stars every time he hit that perfect spot over
       and over again. The sound of their passion filled the shower
       with each thrust.
       His thrusts were even rougher than before as he claimed her body
       yet again. The water was running cold by the time Death filled
       her again. She was trembling from the pleasure of being so full
       as she relaxed against her lover. The heat of their love making
       keeping her warm despite the cold water washing over them. "You
       make me feel so amazing," she purred as her eyes closed. Soon
       her feet were back in the ground and Jun was steady enough to
       get out of the shower.
       "Where do you think we should go for our date? Oh! We should go
       shopping so I can get a new dress for the date! Something just
       me and you..." She said as she dried off, her voice sounding
       uncertain towards the end, unsure if her request was even
       something the man would want. They hadn't been out together. In
       fact, most of their time together had been Death breeding her.
       If this was going to be her life, she hoped to be more than a
       sex object for the man.
       ---
       The hands gripping his hair were sending a tingling sensation
       down Sébastien's body and Steele praised what he was doing. The
       idea of Nickolas loosing control made the doctor feel a new kind
       of turned on. He pulled off for only a moment to look at the man
       with his glowing purple eyes."Then don't hold back...." He found
       himself purring, making himself blush even more at his own
       words. His mouth returned to it's mission of pleasuring the rock
       hard shaft in his throat as he encouraged the man to buck even
       more.
       ---"I more prefer a less grimy setting, some wine while we wait
       for better acomidations would be nice. Get to know you a little
       better before I let the big bad killer in my pants." Désirée
       mused with  a laugh before their flirting was cut off by the
       arrival of the man's boss.
       She gave War her full attention, seeming slightly bored by what
       the man had to say, it was impossible to tell if she was taking
       this seriously or not. "I don't need time, that's an easy yes.
       Do just about anything to get away from those creeps." She
       answered before looking up at Knuckles when he said he would
       move wherever he needed to in order to be with her. It was
       surprising he already seemed so committed to keeping her safe,
       though she suspected the man had other motives for wanting her
       alone and to himself. She wasn't exactly against the idea of the
       man being he bed companion while she was forced to stay here.A
       small smile filled Dior's face as they listened to Famine's
       dilemma. It was a bit strange how easy it was to have Famine in
       their private quarters. Normally it just felt wrong and like
       their sanctuary was being invaded when someone just knocked on
       their door.
       "Put them behind your back, one in each hand, mix them up a few
       times and I'll randomly choose one," Dior suggested.
       Once Famine had done so, Dior moved in closer and leaned in to
       kiss the right side of Famine's mouth. "I choose right," Dior
       murmured softly, then retrieved the movie and gracefully walked
       over to get the movie started.
       "Might as well get comfortable, " they said pulling Famine onto
       the bed and curling up against his right side. Dior's head
       rested next to Famine's on one of the pillows, watching as the
       movie began to play.
       They were more than willing to let Famine take the lead and
       follow what he desired. Dior was happy enough to feel Famine's
       body next to theirs for the time being.
       -----After receiving Albert's message, Queen headed over to
       where he had wanted to meet. Her trip didn't take long, though
       she did get quite a few stares and fearful looks as they backed
       off from her.
       Seeing the elegantly dressed man waiting there she moved to
       stand across from him and pulled out her tablet that she
       interfaced with.
       "Where would you like to start first? All I need is one of your
       devices to plug into to upgrade the security firewalls. We
       should probably up your data ones as well, hackers can get in
       through those as well,"
       -----
       War gave Red a nod, a bit relieved to not have to wait for a
       decision. "Quite understandable,"
       He turned to Knuckles, not really liking how amenable the man
       was being about moving in closer to where the mafia's prisoners
       were being kept. It seemed like a bad idea to him.
       "It would be temporary, I'll have Queen add more security to our
       wing so you'd be moved back. It may take a few days though.
       Protect yourself, but please refrain from filling body bags.
       We're already on thin ice with Albert,"
       Knuckles saluted War, a bit of a smirk on his face from the
       order. "Yessir. I'll make sure to just beat the crap out of the
       Mafia stooges. A few days won't be too bad. I might even hear
       something worth while," Knuckles mused for a moment.
       War turned to go, knowing that was probably the best promise
       he'd get out of Knuckles. With all his tasks now completed, War
       headed back to his room in search of Alice.
       Knuckles turned to shoot a grin at Red, recalling what she'd
       said before War had arrived. "you got a particular wine in mind
       Red? I can ask Tank or Switch to find one for you to enjoy. What
       would you like to know? That may be my end goal, but the journey
       is just as fun," he added with a broad grin.
       ----
       War pushed into the room and stopped halfway through the door
       seeing Alice shaking under the covers of the bed. With a soft
       curse he moved slowly over to her, not wanting to make her state
       of mind get worse."Alice, it's going to be okay, breath with me,
       slowly now,"
       War spoke softly, moving to gently take a hold of her hands and
       helped her focus on her breathing. He'd had to help her through
       a few panic attacks in the past. "Just breath with me, in and
       out, in and out," he spoke softly and slowly.Daevon
       chuckled.”maybe in a bit after I get my fill of cuddles from
       you” he said as he held onto him.”be best.. least see some of
       this place- maybe find out about my cousin..” he said with a
       sigh.
       ——
       Death held her closely as he felt the water run cold- not that
       he minded. He helped her out to get a towel to dry himself off
       and heard her. “I wouldn’t mind that, maybe we can snag food and
       go walking in the park?” He asked.
       ——
       As soon as he heard Sebastian give his permission and hot mouth
       again began a mess of moans and him almost face fucking the man,
       holding his hair a little. He was careful with it as he got the
       man to come up to him. And helped him impale himself on him
       being slow as he felt how tight he was.”gods..” he mumbled
       letting Sebastian take a minute before he would let him move.
       ——
       Famine blinked to do what he was told. And waited to blush at
       the kiss to the right side.  He put the movie that was selected.
       Once he got to sit felt the pull in and blushed harder.
       The man was a bundle of nerves. But the movie managed to help
       him relax, laughing at parts most wouldn’t before he felt at
       ease enough. He glanced at Dior halfway through the movie. He
       licked his lips a bit and wiped his hand on his pant before
       turning the man’s face toward his to kiss, it wasn’t long till
       the two were in make out mode, his mouth gasping in between as
       his hands roamed places.
       ——
       “Medical wing- they been needing an upgrade on their hardware.”
       Said Albert to stand up. His eyes took in her face and body..
       she clearly was a beauty, and he did have a thing for smart
       women. He handed over his phone  easily, before guiding her to
       the wing that needed the cameras.
       ——
       Alice heard the door to yank the cover over her head at first,
       but once she heard Wars voice did she slowly come out. His hands
       holding hers began to make her feel calmer.she breathed a bit
       more before getting close to war to just feel comfort. She
       wanted to tell him many things- but given what happened to
       famine?She didn’t want a repeat with the one she fell for.  She
       looked up at him as she seemed to relax and pulled him down for
       a kiss."Sounds like a plan," mused River as he enjoyed the
       closeness of his boyfriend. Taking the moment to try not to
       think about the mess they were in. They would figure it out. He
       had to.
       ----
       Hearing Death agree to take her shopping, even offering to grab
       food and go to the park had Jun all kinds of excited. "Oh! Yes!
       That would be lovely! It's been too long since I've just gone
       for a walk or shopping for that matter." She said as she worked
       on getting herself ready to leave once she was dry. Her hair,
       makeup and clothes were soon ready. The last things she needed
       were shoes. She wished she had some flats to wear but made no
       complaint as she slipped on her heels before hiding her ears and
       tail. "I'm ready" she chimed.
       ---
       It seemed Nickolas took the idea of not holding back to heart as
       the man fucked his mouth and throat. Sébastien felt his eyes
       just about roll into the back of his head at the rough
       treatment. A heavy panting escaped the doctor when he was
       finally pulled up onto the man. A little preparation and effort
       later and Steele was *deep* inside of him. "Fuck you are huge,"
       Sébastien said in a shaky breath.
       He used his hand to stroke himself and allow his body to relax.
       It seemed Nickolas wasn't willing to let him more quite yet
       either. Soon, his hips started to jerk in want, a hot moan
       escaping him as he pleasure himself and rode his new lover.Once
       War was done and left with promises of a better living situation
       the man left and Kunckles went back to his flirty ways. "I'm not
       terribly picky. I prefer dry red wine. As for what I want to
       know, what exactly is it you do around here? Surely there is a
       story there on how you ended up in this cell with me." She
       mused, letting herself lean on the man as she spoke. She found
       it strangely easy to trust the man.Dior was only half watching
       the movie, their mind thinking on other things. Like how morbid
       Famine's sense of humor was. Given what the man must have
       endured to become a Homunuclus, it shouldn't have surprised him.
       Dior's breath caught when Famine's hand was touching their face
       and guiding it closer. A soft needy moan filled Famine's mouth
       before Dior pressed in to kiss him back.
       Dior's body heat slowly rose, as did their heartbeat from the
       intense kisses and hands running over their body.
       "Can I try something?" Dior got out during a short breathing
       break.
       When they got the go ahead, Dior moved to straddle Famine's
       waist and undid the buttons of his shirt, drawing it open. Dior
       gently ran their hands up over Famine's abdomen and chest,
       teasing the man's nipples just a bit.
       Dior then leaned in to kiss him deeply, their hands slowly going
       up his neck and tangling in his shirt pink hair.
       ------
       Queen's pale blue eyes swept over her screen as the man spoke,
       pulling up the Mansion's security schematics and blueprints. "I
       can see that, it's been nearly 8 months since anything's been
       done,"
       She took his phone, her pointer finger morphing into the port
       connector and plugged it in. It took her seconds to get into the
       wifi router. "You should get a better password as well. I can
       help you set up one that's not so easily hacked,"
       Queen handed back his phone and pulled up what programs she'd
       need on the tablet screen. "Any other areas you'd like me to
       fix?"
       -----War felt relief, the worry falling away as Alice came out
       of her panic attack. While he wondered who or what had brought
       it on, he didn't want to make her have to think about it again
       so soon.
       He wrapped an arm around Alice as she leaned into him. He met
       her gaze and followed her guiding pull, kissing her back gently.
       His free hand moved up to cup her face as he deepened the kiss
       and teased her lips.
       "Doing better now?" He murmured pulling back for a moment. "You
       have that dinner tonight with Famine, if I'm remembering right.
       Maybe I should tag along,"
       -----
       "Dry red it is," Knuckles echoed with a wink and pulled out a
       phone encased in  a camouflage case. He shot off a text to Tank,
       asking his comrade for drinks, a few snacks and his bag.
       "Technically, I help train the rest of War's troops. Usually
       we're in the field working. I and War's other Captains have more
       freedom than others. The Mafia guys hate that, they try to
       challenge us and cause problems. Not that I'm any angel." He
       explained looking rather amused.
       Knuckles glanced around, not wanting anyone to hear why he'd
       come to her aid.
       "Well...the story is, I do have a thing for big eyed blondes. I
       guess I do have a hidden soft side," he whispered in a lower
       voice.Famine felt the press in to blush, to hear Dior ask a
       question.”y..yeah..” he said to lay back. His face blushed hard
       feeling hands of diors against his chest and abdomen. Their
       kissing got passionate to continue.. it wouldn’t be long till a
       knock at the door let them know dinner was coming to get up and
       get straightened up to go. After what famine experienced.. he
       knew he would be taking time to do more.
       ——
       Albert watched with interest as he watched as she worked his
       eyes widening at her ability.”that would be more  than welcome
       to. I do have a few areas..” he said as he got together with the
       woman to touch on areas that felt right.
       ——
       Alice nodded softly, she burrowed back into wars arms.”just stay
       for a little longer.” She said gently. After some calming
       moments did she change and make her way to see the gift from
       famine.. and famine noticed how Alice seemed erratic to look up
       at war with a concerned expression for his friend.——-
       Daevon snuggled up, close to the man, his face burrowed where it
       could. Later a knock would be heard as dinner arrived.  With a
       soft sigh did Daevon finally slide out to answer the door as the
       meal came in.. with the same maid he had joked with
       before.”don’t worry- there’s no blood this time after the
       stabbing.” Only to watch her rush right back out after.Their
       time together snuggled up in bed didn't seem long enough, while
       they had talked about going off to explore, a knock at the door
       signaled that they had dozed off and it was now dinner time. A
       groan left River as his boyfriend answered the door....
       naked.... and joked about being stabbed, *again*. "Are you going
       to tell her *every* time we fuck?" He questioned incredulously
       with a roll of his eyes as he sat up in the bed to enjoy dinner
       with his boyfriend.
       The following month was a *lot* of the same. River and Daevon
       would be separated every morning for his boyfriend to go have
       breakfast with his mother and for River to go with War for
       training. After the humuculus was fully healed he was able to
       show that he was actually in better shape than when he had last
       been with the group. With War's training he was faster and
       stronger than he had ever been before. Though, it seemed more
       like this was War's attempt to jog River's memories of his past
       life. He had began to remember a kinship he felt with War and
       even Death, but past that, his memories were making no progress
       which was frustrating to those in charge, particularly the
       memories of secrets that only Pestilence knew.
       It seemed whoever wanted those memories had lost their patience
       and ordered for Pestilence to have the lab jog the man's
       memories for him. The morning had started like every other,
       snuggled up with Daevon. Their nightly activities having worn
       Daevon out so River spent his night watching the man sleep in
       his arms. The pair had pet to try much else than River claiming
       his boyfriend, it was had to resist dominating the man. The idea
       that he was in love with Daevon had began to play in his
       thoughts as he watched the man sleep. He always dreaded that
       morning knock on the door to tell them to wake so they could
       take Daevon away for breakfast and then to work in the car
       garage. He sighed as he roused his boyfriend, getting them both
       out the door shortly after.Where River normally met up with War,
       he found some of Albert's men and some scientists waiting for
       him. "You will be coming with us," one had said. "Like hell I
       am..." He growled, ready to fight. All the wind was taken out of
       his sails when the man who was speaking showing River his tablet
       screen that had a live feed of Daevon, eating breakfast with his
       mother, only the feed was through the scope of a sniper riffle
       pointed at Daevon's head. "You see, I think you will or no more
       toy." The man snarked getting River to comply.
       They led River to the experiment wing where he was strapped down
       to a chair and had things stuck to his head before they began
       their 'shock therapy'. River felt like his brain was being
       melted as he was tortured.
       ---The idea that Death might accept Tobias had Jun on cloud nine
       as she enjoyed her time with her lover. Cherishing any moments
       she got to have with her son and husband. She was growing more
       and more anxious over the last few days, hearing whispers of
       something going down that was being kept quiet. Most of the
       mafia treated Jun like a dumb pet and sometimes like she wasn't
       even in the room when they talked about the going ons in the
       mansion. She didn't particularly enjoy hearing about her son's
       sexual escapades with his boyfriend but hearing any progress she
       could of her son being safe was good news. She only got to see
       him briefly every morning so it was hard to tell if he was being
       treated well.
       The previous morning, Jun had been given a box of pregnancy
       tests to see if Death had succeeded in breeding her. This
       morning, she had slipped out of bed to take them, not wanting to
       bother Death as he worked. The man often didn't sleep. She sat
       on the toilet and stared at the results sitting on the bathroom
       counter. All three, positive. She placed her hand on her belly
       as she blushed thinking about carrying Death's baby.
       "Death, please, can you come in here? It... it's important..."
       She said unsure
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       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 12:03 pm
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       It had been a month since that first night with Steele,
       Sébastien was quite smitten with the automale mechanic  but
       tried to remain as professional as ever when working. Given the
       amount of work he had on his plate as of late with trying to
       revive the blonde who came in who's temperature had steadily
       dropped since arriving. Over the past month it had drop to a
       point that he couldn't explain how the man's heart was still
       beating. The prognosis was grim but he kept a positive look on
       his face and in his words when talking about poor Robert,
       especially to Rachel and Rebel.
       Still, when he was alone in his office working on charts, his
       mind would drift to Nickolas, wondering what the man was up to.
       He had helped the man with fixing some fittings on his leg and
       getting him a new ordered. He was excited to tell his boyfriend
       that it had come in today. He hadn't exactly told the man he had
       ordered it. He opened the box on his desk, telling his assigned
       nurse for the day to go fetch Mr. Steele.
       ----The time spent in that gross cell was made far more bareable
       with Knuckles for company. The man made her laugh. Soon drinks
       and snacks arrived and the pair and a good time flirting. The
       pair spent far longer in that cell that anyone would have
       expected, a full week going by before they were moved to a more
       sanitary cell.
       Désirée played coy to Knuckles advances, teasing and toying with
       the man. She liked him far more than she usually allowed herself
       to. This made her try and keep the man at arms length, always
       getting right on the edge of giving in and just kissing him but
       always pulling back. Her excuse being she refused to be intimate
       in a prison cell.
       It had taken a full month for the wing War's men were kept in to
       be deemed secure enough to finally move Désirée into Knuckles'
       room. It was a strange feeling having gotten to know the man on
       a personal level, she had even shared her real name with the man
       in a moment of weakness.
       She looked around the room taking it in. "Nice place. Maybe they
       will actually let me work now. Think I'm going to go enjoy a
       proper shower, might need to steal some of your clothes after, I
       don't exactly have a change of clothes," she told the man,
       giving him a rather seductive once over, practically inviting
       him into the shower with her. She knew how pent up she was and
       she had been teasing the man like this for a month now, she
       wondered how much longer either of them could resist.The next
       month seemingly flew by, Dior's days spent with work a few
       stolen moments with Famine during breaks and more work. The two
       spent every moment together on Dior's days off, often going on
       dates and having long make out sessions.
       Dior's feelings had grown quite deep by now, but held back from
       saying the L word. They didn't want to move too fast for Famine.
       In fact, Dior had realized that going slow was the best given
       Famine was a virgin.
       Of course there was also the budding friendship beginning
       between them and Alice. And strangely enough finding that War
       wasn't as scary as he looked. The man had joined Alice several
       times when she'd spent time with them and Famine.
       Dior was currently having breakfast with Famine in the dining
       hall, now used to the stares they got from everyone. Though at
       this early hour, there weren't as many people.
       "So you've got training with War and River soon. What's the rest
       of your day look like? I've got light duties today, so I'll get
       done early. Is there anything you'd like to do tonight?"
       ------After having undergone surgery, Rebel's healing had
       progressing rather well. It was still going to take the better
       part of a year before he could get around without a limp. In the
       meantime his bed was moved closer to Rachel's. The two spent
       every moment they could talking and plotting a way to get out.
       This was all contingent on Bobby getting better, which didn't
       seem to be happening.
       Rebel was pretty sure the doctor was just placating them and
       keeping them in the dark of what was going on with Bobby.
       Rebel was constantly worried about what would happen when the
       general he was cloned from showed up. He'd constantly had vivid
       nightmares of losing organs and limbs. Most times he woke up in
       a cold sweat, fear racing through him. He could see Rachel's
       concern, but wouldn't go into any details.
       Sometimes it was better pretending that they were okay and they
       might actually have a chance in getting away.
       ------War had quickly adapted to a new routine and accompanying
       Alice to her regular checkups with both doctors. He still
       thought it was overkill, but kept these thoughts to himself.
       Alice had been acting differently he'd noticed, not nearly as
       unpredictable or chaotic. Though their nights together were just
       as wild and  satisfying. He really couldn't seem to get enough
       of her and couldn't describe or explain the feelings that filled
       him when they were with one another.
       When the doctor gave them the news that Alice was pregnant, it
       had made War even more protective of his lover. He rarely let
       her out of his sight, insisting on one or two of his men going
       with her even around the mansion grounds.
       There were times during his training with River that he was sure
       his brother was remembering. Not that the other admitted it. He
       figured the man just needed more time. It wasn't like trust come
       easily to any of them.
       And then War's routine was changed out of the blue. He should
       have realized it couldn't stay the same, especially with all the
       new changes. He was woken earlier than normal, Alice scrambling
       over him to get to the bathroom. War followed, moving to pull
       her hair back and rubbed her back trying to aid in whatever way
       he could.
       "Sorry it's hitting you so hard." He said softly wishing there
       was more he could do.
       Once he'd gotten Alice settled and comfortable War had found a
       message from Albert asking to switch their meeting to an earlier
       hour. "Looks like training will have to be later today," War
       muttered, not really being happy with switching things up. He
       sent a message off to his men about the change and headed off to
       meet with Albert. In his rush, he didn't realize his message to
       River hadn't gone through.
       -----Knuckles was more than a little on edge after a month of
       the sweet torture Desiree had put him through. He could
       understand why she'd wanted to wait, the guards had been nosy
       bastards leering at them every chance they got. A few times he'd
       had to break a few noses when they'd taunted Red and himself.
       At least with Queen's having access to all the cameras, she'd
       been able to prove he hadn't acted out of line.
       The moment they arrived in his room, Knuckles had felt his
       control starting to go. Desiree's comment about stealing his
       clothes made his eyes darken, his lust and desire show on his
       face.
       "You probably won't be wearing clothes for the next 12 hrs if I
       have my way," Knuckles growled back. "Maybe even longer,"
       Knuckles stripped off his clothes, tossing them into an empty
       chair and tugged her in for a deep searing kiss. "Now get naked
       so we can shower, among other things," he growled, just barely
       holding himself back from ripping her clothes off for her.Daevon
       simply looked at River with the biggest grin on his
       face.”maybe.” He had said.
       Besides the time for his parents he took time to visit his
       cousin. It seemed to be one of the few times she’d properly let
       her guard down. Even for a medical wing didn’t stop from some
       leers from Albert’s men. The two had their own long talk during
       rebels surgery,managing what privacy they could still have in
       the room.
       “Daevon.. running and cutting brakes is one thing but that’s one
       plan.” Rachel said.”I think we should play two long games.. mean
       I’ve been listening to the talk and there’s a lot of infighting
       in here.. I don’t think whoever’s running this place is in full
       control.” The woman said.”just.. try to not create waves and try
       to keep your temper in check.” She had asked of him. He knew she
       was right on a level, but could see her worry for Bobby grow
       with each passing day.
       The man was sitting enjoying his breakfast with his dad as they
       waited for Jun to arrive talking about various things for the
       morning.
       Death who was finishing up with some notes heard Jun call to
       him. After a date or two the past month showed signs of coming
       around. He was finishing up when he heard her voice to
       turn.”what is …” he started to stare at the tests. His eyes
       about popped out for him to take a minute.”..that’s wonderful!”
       He had said to wrap her in his arms. He was starting to really
       learn about her.. her name, her past.. her likes and dislikes..
       he knew he still had more to go, but he was able to understand
       why Tobias fell for such a woman. “We better get ready- you’re
       late for breakfast.” He said to rummage for a dress he liked on
       her, well more of him and Tobias. Signs of Spring shown and
       lighter clothes seemed to be right and to make her comfortable.
       They had reached the table to sit down and chat. Death felt
       strange.. almost protective as he felt a sense of blood
       lust.“Enjoy your time.. seems I have more work to do.” He said
       kindly to watch her go.He took notice of famine with Dior, he
       had noticed just how calm the man had gotten over the past
       month. His usual shenanigans watered down to almost child like
       pranks, it was almost as if they gained the famine they knew
       well enough back. He had noticed how he took to Dior, almost as
       if he found his own person.
       Famine enjoyed the ease of the relationship. Being able to get
       to know them.. learn bits and parts of Dior’s life that they
       allowed, was more than enough for him. His only real concern was
       Alice. Dinner a month ago seeing how red her eyes were told him
       something happened or she remembered something horrible. When
       she wasn’t around war and him not entirely occupied by Dior
       would hang with her when everyone was too tied up to do so.
       Famine sighed deeply at the sound of training. River hadn’t
       shown signs of remembering but god knows he shown signs of
       remembering what he did to River. Each little mock fight always
       ended with him being smacked around by River a good few times
       showing how out of practice he was. “Honestly not much, I do
       have a job later- just stuff your better off not knowing.” He
       admitted.”but we can do dinner later?” He asked with a hopeful
       look. He had just finished his breakfast.. feeling he’d better
       with the future smacking down river might do if he didn’t figure
       out how the hell to find an opening!
       “I better get going.. you try to enjoy your day..” he said to
       bend down and kiss Dior deeply.
       He saw death had walked off in the direction of Tobias’ wing, to
       see the man kissing his wife a little goodbye to follow the man
       after. Famine just made a face and continued out of the hall as
       he could hear rumors of ‘death’ fucking around with Jun and
       Tobias. He sighed at the people- it was as if they didn’t have
       much other than to focus on drama that could be or wouldn’t be.
       As he made his way down toward where the training area was- did
       he see river to pale a bit.”oh no..” he mumbled a bit. His brain
       lit to telling one of his brothers.What he didn’t expect to do
       was to run smack into war. His mouth fluctuated a little
       remembering the few horrors he faced - but given the
       circumstances even if he did do all of that he didn’t want the
       guy to suffer behind those walls by someone else.”war- they took
       river. It’s that private wing- we need to get him out- I don’t
       know what they’re doing but I know it’s bad.. if I go river will
       just think I did it.” He said with his face looking rather
       worried.
       Daevon was still in middle of his breakfast to see famine
       looking squirrely and hyped making his way over to see Daevon he
       came over and grabbed him by the arm.”he’s gonna need you too.”
       He said as Daevon snatched his hand back.”fuck that I know how
       bad you are!” He said with a glare. Famine looked like a mixed
       bag of emotions as he wanted to say what’s up- but in a room
       like this- was a big issue.
       ——-Steele was more than smitten with Sebastian, during work he
       still called him doll face but behind closed doors did he moan
       that man’s name. He tried to keep spirits up.. but he could tell
       when Rachel was giving her own mask. She was worried. During his
       off time- did he go to catch up with war. Despite how things
       looked before the man realized what war was apart of saw him as
       a comrade. The two fought together in the trenches and it was
       war that dragged him out of danger when things got dire. He
       ended up fixing those who needed their metal parts done.
       He had finished with the most recent one when he saw a red
       headed nurse come in. He blinked to smile a bit.”dollface
       looking for me?”he asked as he came into the room- noticing a
       box in front of  him.
       ——-Rachel was a yo-yo of emotions, having suffered a near
       assault during a brief removal from the room with the men to
       clean up and change. The feeling of being helpless and unable to
       help others ate at her. It was due to that she requested rebel’s
       bed practically next to hers. Somehow sleeping came a bit easier
       knowing he could least stop any other attempts just by being
       close. All she had was her ability to really use her flowers.
       The size of the place they were in was massive. Rachel
       contemplated pitting sides.. as there were not just wars men and
       Albert’s.. but the medical ward too.
       After the third week was done was when she started to have her
       arms back fully. “Up.” She heard the therapy nurse to motion the
       arm and twisted it. The therapy taking just fine. “He really did
       make it more natural.” Said Rachel fascinated with her arms. Her
       own changes gained more obvious signs. Her rosy cheeks no longer
       showed.. the pale skin much like what death and river had shown.
       Her arms were painted black and were much tougher despite its
       slim appearance for her build.  Her green eyes took in Bobby
       that laid there. He hadn’t woken up.
       But among everything her feelings for rebel was beginning to
       grow. She could still see how Bobby blushed and reacted to the
       man.. but it was like she got to know Rebel properly. Finding
       out how he lived and sharing parts she felt okay to. She wasn’t
       sure if telling rebel how she felt would be okay. After what
       happened with Bobby and the aftermath.. she was afraid if she
       opened her mouth he’d be taken away too. The man was funny and
       was the typical rebellious spirit.The sundress was perfect, Jun
       twirled in it to cause the skirt to flair out before looking at
       herself in the mirror. She giddily took Death's arm as he lead
       the way to the dinning hall. Jun found herself rather
       disappointed when Tobias bid her goodbye as well shortly after
       her arrival. "Don't work two hard you two," she told them with a
       look of suspicion in her eyes but instead focused on breakfast
       with her son.
       She had been worrying over how she would tell her son about him
       being a big brother, but before she got the chance, Famine
       seemingly came out of nowhere to grab Daevon's arm. Jun's eyes
       narrowed as a hissing growl escaped her throat. "Hands off my
       son," she hissed as she chucked a bowl of oatmeal at the man,
       about ready to climb the table to chase the humuculus off. Her
       fight or flight had been triggered the moment he grabbed her son
       and she was a mother first and foremost.
       ----
       Hearing the door open and the creek of Steele's leg had
       Sébastien turning to look at the man with a massive excited grin
       on his lips. "I got you a present." He said as he stood up from
       the desk to let his boyfriend open his gift.
       ---
       A blush crossed Désirée's cheeks at Knuckles words. The idea of
       letting the man have his way was more than tempting. The passion
       and need behind that first real kiss had her melting. Her mind
       was swimming with want. A smirk crossed her lips when the kiss
       finally broke and he demanded her clothes off.
       Normally she would have made a snarky remark like 'make me' but
       she wanted those firey lips back on her own. Still, she took her
       sweet time taking off her top, letting her tits bounce as they
       popped out of her top. Bending over slowly to take her bottoms
       and panties off before she stepped out of them and took Knuckles
       hand, leaning him to the bathroom and turning on the shower
       before she got inside, pulling him in with her. Her heart was
       racing at all the possible things he might do to her and excited
       to find out."I'm thinking dinner in my room, less stares that
       way," Dior suggested, very much wanting more alone time with
       Famine. They let out a soft moan at the kiss, their cheeks
       flushing a rather bright pink.
       "Oh I will now for sure," Dior said shooting Famine a happy
       smile. "I'll see you later,"
       Dior cleared the table and headed off to the hospital wing, a
       bit of a bounce in their step. They were soon hard at work,
       their ear open to the gossip the other nurses were spreading.
       -----
       War had meant to grab something quick from the dining hall on
       his way to meet Albert. This plan was interrupted by Famine to
       body slam into him. He grabbed the shorter man to steady him.
       "Best try looking where you're going," he said, watching the
       other's face do strange expressions. "I don't.."  his excuse
       trailed off as Famine spit out that River has been taken.
       "God damnit," War swore, his eyes flashing. "I'm getting my men
       to join us. We'll probably need some extra firepower,"
       A part of him wondered if Albert's change had been to distract
       him. It wouldn't be too surprising. He sent off a quick text to
       Tank and Switch, asking them to bring a few other guys as well.
       Instead of messaging Albert about a delay, he sent one to Queen,
       asking her to distract the man. He just hoped this rescue
       mission wouldn't take up too much time.
       War's head jerked up hearing what was going down between Famine
       and the mother and son at a nearby table. He moved over to pull
       Famine away, holding back a chuckle at how funny Famine looked
       covered in oatmeal.
       "We don't mean to disturb your time together, but River was
       taken by some of the scientists. We'd go on our own to get him
       back, but you're the only one he trusts. We'll get Death to help
       as well. "
       ----
       Queen was prepping for the meeting she had with Albert and War
       when a new message notification popped up on her screen.
       She pulled it up and blinked, a bit shocked that War was asking
       her to distract Albert. Just how was she supposed to do that?Her
       light blue eyes flickered over at the man in question and set
       the tablet down. "Albert, mind if I ask you a personal
       question?"
       After having spent time around the man, she'd found herself
       slowly warming up to him. Not that she'd admit it to anyone but
       she thought he was quite handsome.
       -----
       Knuckles just barely held himself from ripping her clothes off,
       her slow stripping making him desire her even more. By the time
       they got into the shower, he was harder than he'd ever been
       before.
       "Kind of a waste of time, I'm just going to get you dirty after
       we're done in here," he murmured in her ear before nibbling on
       it.
       Knuckles pressed in closer, savoring the feel of her body
       against his own and ran his hands slowly up her front, cupping
       her breasts.
       "I've been dreaming about touching you like this, for a very
       long time,"
       Knuckles grabbed the body wash and began soaping up her body,
       taking his time to get every area clean. "Damn are you sexy," he
       murmured as his hands moved lower.
       While he ached to be inside her, he wasn't about to rush through
       their first time. One hand slipped lower between her legs and
       began teasing her clit and folds.
       "You feel super wet already,"-----
       After he and Rachel had gotten their breakfast and he'd gotten a
       sponge bath from one of the less handsy nurses, his nightmare
       came to life in the form of a one eyed man.
       Rebel had been starting to doze off when the man appeared in the
       recovery wing, stopping first to look over Bobby's still form.
       There was something familiar about the guy, though he didn't
       figure it out until he was staring him straight on. Their eyes
       were the same blue color, and they had the same facial
       structure.
       The man's face twisted in disgust as he looked Rebel over,
       taking in the piercings and tattoos. "At least the ears can be
       fixed. Just how much skin did you ruin with those disgusting
       tattoos?"
       Rebel tried to not react, though inside he was in full freak out
       mode.
       "Well at least the rest of you is useable. I'm looking forward
       to my eye transplant. Don't worry it won't hurt too much."  The
       general sneered before heading off to find one of the doctors.
       Rebel was visibly trembling, fear and panic overtaking
       him.Daevon watched as the oatmeal bowl managed to hit its mark
       as famine got the bowl off his face to feel himself picked
       up.”hey! Now isn’t the time to laugh.” He said and blushed a
       bit. Daevon blinked to get a worried look when he heard feet of
       two men running in looking disheveled. Tobias looked like he had
       his shirt rented open, while death clearly looked marked up the
       neck and hair mussed like someone been running their hands
       through it. The man already trying to straighten himself
       up.”Jun!” He said to go over and hold her.”I’m here alright?” He
       said as Tobias who didn’t bother fixing what looked obvious was
       on the other.
       The two were heading that way to end up in some closet, more on
       Tobias’ not willing to make it to his room.
       Famine made a stare at first but somehow it felt much safer to
       let it spill.”that wing is beyond hell! The last time we were
       here I messed up on a job and was taken back there- it’s real
       fucked up stuff- once you go in you never come out - Alice is an
       example.. Jun too.” He said as Daevon looked at his mother.”her
       faulty memory may be her shutting out that horror, the testing
       ring may hold the chimera but it’s to keep them from
       remembering” said famine.”they did horrible things in there.. i
       know i fucked up rivers memory- I just.. they told me once I was
       out I’d be replaced and you two wouldn’t care!” He said as
       Daevon blinked.”I saw him and felt they told the truth- I hated
       that… “ tears welled up.”I don’t want River to experience that..
       he shouldn’t..” he said.”but I know if I’d gone in alone…
       neither of us would come out..” he said as deaths eyes widened
       quite a bit at what he heard. “Tobias get Jun somewhere safe.”
       He said. “I’ll keep your son safe.. “ he said as Daevon got
       worked up.”let’s get moving now.. “ he said. Famine squirmed a
       little to get out of wars arms and said.”come on.. this way.” He
       said to lead the group.Once the necessary people gathered did
       famine notice the woman one of wars people standing in front of
       the door, as always. Her head shifted to see war. Her normal
       cheerful boisterous personality looking cold and willing to kill
       those who dared to go against her.
       She looked at the other men to glance at switch  before raising
       her gun a little more as a warning.”stand down.” She said
       firmly.”this place is restricted.”
       Inside James was sighing as he was giving a strapped down river
       a chance to answer questions. But when they didn’t get answered
       or an answer in a form of I don’t know did he shock him.
       William wrote down his observations seeing how River was dealing
       with the shock therapy.”such a shame.. you were perfect.. no
       attachments.. delivered everything I needed.. but one fight with
       famine and you lose your memory.. Albert is losing his
       patients..” he mumbled as he walked by places that held an arm
       or an eye of cloning. “Doctor..” he heard a woman’s voice from a
       ways in the back of the room.”yes my dear?” He heard her call
       back.”I need your help with something.” The man seemed to rub
       the bridge of his nose.”continue your work..” he said to walk
       toward the back.Rachel had finished her therapy to make her way
       back to the room. The woman no longer having to wear some gown
       that made her feel exposed. She brushed past a man that looked
       like he’d be rebels father. Her eyes took him in a little to
       frown. Unease settled in the pit of her stomache as she walked
       into the hospital room to see rebel looking shaken.
       She went over and gently turned his head her metal hand being
       careful.”rebel your shaking like a leaf.. what happened?” She
       asked her eyes giving a worried look.Steele saw his excitement
       to tilt his head. He went to open the box and his eyes went
       wide. The leg he hoped to earn sat in front of him. But he knew
       in time he’d fix it a bit more to his liking- but now he didn’t
       feel as bummed when he decided to use his for Rachel’s arms.”you
       did this for me?” He asked his hand running along the metal
       leg.Seeing War snatched up Famine was enough to at least take
       Jun off the offensive, her attention turning back to the main
       entrance of the dinning hall as a disheveled Death and Tobias
       came running in. By the time the pair reached her she had a
       pretty good idea of what the pair had been up to. She leaned
       into Death's embrace, her eyes still glaring at Famine.
       The glare turned into a look of surprise at Famine's news of
       what could be happening to her son's boyfriend. A feeling of
       dread hanging over her at the mention of the private wing. She
       didn't know what was beyond those doors and she didn't want to
       know. She was trembling by the time she was passed off to
       Tobias. She wanted to protest Death or her son going anywhere
       near that wing but knew she would be wasting her breath.
       When the others left and Tobias had settled on a safe place to
       be, Jun decided to distract herself from her worries. "So....
       you finally getting Death to come round?" She questioned with a
       blush on her cheeks.
       ---
       Screams of pain emanated from River. He didn't even feel like he
       was the one screaming anymore. Each time he couldn't answer, a
       new shock, when he started to shift, a warning on Daevon's life.
       His care and affection for the man holding him in place far more
       than the straps were.
       "Please... stop.... I don't know anything..." He rasped out in a
       warn out voice before he felt the next waves of shocks course
       through him and the cycle repeated itself over and over until
       River couldn't even form sentences properly.
       ----
       "Of course I did, when you told me how you were saving money for
       a new one and how helping someone else set you back, I just
       couldn't resist. Besides, I hate seeing you in pain, I care for
       you far too much to allow that to continue. We can do a test fit
       this morning and then get it properly mounted this afternoon and
       make any adjustments needed." Sébastien said, hardly able to
       contain himself now.
       ---A giggle left Désirée hearing the man's complaint over a
       shower being a waste of time. "Well, there are parts of you I
       would rather be clean before I put them in my mouth..." She
       mused, leaning into the man's touch as a soft moan escaped her
       as she ground her ass against his hard member. "Funny, I've had
       similar dreams," she teased before he began to wash her quite
       throughly.
       Soft moans and groans escaped the woman as her body was teased
       and cleaned all at the same time, a deeper, needier moan left
       her lips when she felt his fingers playing the her sensitive
       entrance. "Been dying to have you inside of me..." She admitted
       as her hand moved behind herself and began to stroke the rock
       solid errection.War couldn't help but stare at Death and Tobias'
       disheveled appearances, his eyebrows narrowing. He held back on
       asking about it when Famine began talking more about the secret
       wing that River has been taken into. Hearing that Alice had been
       subjected to questionable practices made his blood pressure
       rise.
       Feeling Famine squirming, he released his hold, following the
       other's lead. Switch, Tank and five other men caught up with
       them, armed to the teeth and looking ready for a blood bath.
       Finding Seven waiting at the door armed and pointing her gun at
       them, made War's cheek twitch. "You chose this," was his only
       words as he moved in faster than humanly possible ripping the
       gun out of her grasp and hitting her in the face with it.
       The woman crumpled to the ground, her face a bloody mess,
       twitching as life left her body. War shoved her body to the side
       with his boot and tossed the gun to Switch, his eyes turning
       completely black.
       "Any more of our people helping with this, die." War commanded
       as the sound of River's screams caught his attention.
       -------
       #Post#: 1256--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 12:07 pm
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       Rebel's nightmares were wrecking havoc on his mind, as he stared
       off, not really seeing or hearing anything going on around him.
       The cool hands on his head and Rachel's voice finally snapped
       him out. "Rachel...he's...he's  here. He's going to take my
       eye..and whatever else he wants." He stammered moving to wrap
       his arms around her. "Should've realized this would happen,"
       Dior came out from where they'd been working in the supply
       closet to see how upset Rebel was and overheard what the boy
       said to Rachel. They shivered, recalling just how the general
       had treated them while being a patient. While Dior felt terrible
       for the situation that Rebel was in, there wasn't much they
       could do. If Dior did anything that caught the attention of a
       general or Albert, they'd probably be given to James to play
       with.
       Dior came over to the pair, nervously tugging on an earring. "Is
       there anything I can get either of you? Maybe some
       chocolate?"-----
       "Fair enough," Knuckles replied. He turned his face away to
       exhale slowly when she ground against him. "I bet you have," he
       couldn't help but tease her back.
       He moved his finger in more wanting to hear more of her needy
       moans. "have you now? Well we can get to that soon enough, make
       us both feel better,"
       A pleased groan escaped his lips when her hand stroked over him.
       "Keep that up and I'll be fucking you right here,"Daevon paled
       at the words.”fine I’ll go.. but for him.” He said as death
       straighten up smoothing his hair.  He wasn’t liking how things
       were going as he got up to war to look at the dead woman. He
       flexed his jaw a little. This was why he tried to keep minimum
       on his underlings.. less prone to be used. Or so he thought.
       When they got inside death let his other side slide out as his
       gun came out. Guns of others coming only to be shot as he moved.
       He slid underneath a man’s leg,missing a kick that came his way
       he turned to kick firmly to the side of the head. His eyes
       taking in daevon fighting more like in the streets. Grabbing
       whatever was around and smacking a man to shoot a man that
       almost got him.
       They busted the door down after some fighting for Daevon to
       clock James. Famine went to the straps to start yanking with his
       strength.”Yo River hit me- call me an ass! say something.. “ he
       said clearly panicked as James held his jaw.”what the hell your
       doing?” He demanded.
       Daevon worked at the other straps to get River free as he lifted
       the man to support him, death on the other side.
       The shock of seeing arms and eyes about that clearly was
       cloning, and notes laid in places.”w..we need to go.” Said
       Daevon. The place even for as much as they saw was disturbing,
       the inhumane work about. He heard feet in the back and a few
       voices , not that he cared as said”medical we should go to
       medical.” He said to start walking.
       ——Tobias had brought her to his room when he heard the question.
       “Y..yeah.. been kind of messing around to see what kind of guy
       he’d be.. suprisingly likes to be dominating.. dominated not so
       much…” he said and chuckled at the face he had the first time
       when death was tied up with his own tie.”his angry face is kind
       of cute.” He said.”think since you know I can tell him maybe
       threesome?” He said to cuddle his wife.
       ——-----
       Nikolas gave a blush and pulled Sebastian in for a deep
       kiss.”thank you my love.” He said.”I never dreamed I’d have one.
       Been dying to move how I use to.” He admitted.”wanna give me a
       hand with this?” He asked as he went to work his pants off.. due
       to missing almost his entire leg this was the only way to change
       them out.
       ——Rachel felt the arms and the fear wafting off of rebel. She
       stroked his hair gently. Her mouth went to a firm line to hear
       Dior. Her mind whirred.”he might need something to calm
       him,but.. he can’t just take things freely- they still got to
       understand the condition of you rebel..” she looked at
       Dior.”certainly you have the work up of his results. If there’s
       anything wrong-less likely the man can take a body part.” Said
       Rachel.  Her mind went to his tattoos and ear piercings to land
       on his arm.
       The brief feeling of not feeling helpless was coming back.. in a
       form for others. “Chocolate for him be best too.. I don’t need
       anything.” She said giving a smile that looked a little as if it
       was fading- and had been over the time there.Another scream left
       River just before the man stopped to ask him another question.
       Thankfully his next question wasn't directed at River as James
       yelled at someone. He could hear voices and someone tugging on
       his straps and leads, freeing him. He opened his eyes to find
       Daevon and Famine pulling him to his feet.
       River was so dazed and out of sorts that the pair had to drag
       him out of the secret lab. He was so out of it that the moment
       he was set down he passed out near instantly murmering about
       Daevon being in danger.
       ---
       The smile on Jun's lips grew at her husband's words. She giggled
       when he claimed the man was cute when he was angry. "A
       threesome? You think Death would agree to that? I mean... if he
       would be willing to share me like that... it would be now... I
       have some news to share with you...." She said as her cheeks
       turned quite pink. "I'm carrying Death baby." She told him, "so
       maybe... he would be okay with me and you being intimate?" She
       said softly. She hadn't gotten to enjoy her husband's passion in
       bed since the night they lost each other and she missed his
       touch, the memories so old she wasn't even sure if they were
       real anymore.
       ---
       The kiss was quite expected but Nickolas calling Sébastien his
       love had the doctor blushing very dark after the kiss. "You...
       love me?" He found himself questioning as he sat back down in
       his chair as he helped Steele detach his old leg and get the new
       one on. "Hopefully this works how you are wanting." She said,
       still playing the words Steele had spoke in his mind over and
       over.
       ---
       More moans escaped Désirée as Knuckles played with her sensitive
       hole, getting her nice and worked up by the time she was clean
       and rinsed off. She turned in the man's arms to kiss him deeply,
       taking her turn to wash him up. She lingered on any spot that
       forced a sound out of the man before slipping out of the shower
       when they were both clean.
       She quickly dried off before heading into the bedroom and laid
       out on the bed, smirking.When the quick rumble was over, the air
       smelled of blood and gun powder. The bodies were scattered over
       the floor, casings mixed among them. Switch and the others were
       checking over the bodies and moving them to a pile.
       War's attention was drawn to the irritating sound of James'
       voice. He grabbed the doctor by his coat and slammed him up
       against the wall.
       "Just what the hell are you doing to my brother?!" He snarled.
       One hand moved to squeeze James' throat just enough for the man
       to fear for his life. He loosened his grip just enough for the
       other to answer.
       After getting answers he didn't really like, War tossed the
       doctor into the chair River had been freed from. "Strap him in
       Tank, and then let him get a taste of his own medicine,"
       The huge tank of a man grinned moving to follow his order.
       "Gonna get you to sing for me, nice and pretty, Doc."
       War heard Daevon's stammered words and turned to see the
       disturbed look on the human's face. "Yeah, I do have a meeting,"
       he sighed swiping his bloody hand on James' white coat. "Leave
       him in there, with it on. Eventually someone will come looking
       for him,"
       Tank looked a bit disappointed but did as he was told, teasing
       James' body as he hooked him up and then flicked the switch on,
       keeping the shock on a low setting. "I'll just have to play with
       you later Doc," he said with a wink and followed the others out.
       War gave orders to his men before heading to meet up with
       Albert. He was pissed off and tried to calm down during his walk
       over.
       -----Dior's heart ached for the two, especially seeing how
       distraught Rebel was.
       "You...you're right. The blood tests should be back by now. The
       doctors will look them over before agreeing to any surgeries. I
       can go check on the results, and maybe let you know. I can't
       make any promises though. If I get caught, I could get in
       trouble," Dior said softly, glancing around warily.
       
       "Thank you for offering to help, but please don't. It's too
       dangerous." rebel replied, his eyes darting around.
       "I'll go get that chocolate, I shouldn't be long," Dior
       whispered back to Rachel and headed off to raid their candy
       stash.
       Rebel could feel the panic slowly ebbing away and leaned more
       into Rachel. It felt good being held. It had been so long since
       he'd been this close to another person.
       "Is it bad that I'm hoping I've got a disease?" Rebel murmured
       not really ready to pull away from Rachel just yet.
       "You give great hugs by the way,"
       After Dior had brought several kinds of chocolates to Rebel,
       they had made up their mind to look for the results. After
       looking in several places, they ended up walking into
       Sebastien's office and finding the two men in a very
       compromising position.
       "Ooh, are you two getting it on in here? Can I watch?" Dior
       couldn't help but blurt out, kind of turned on by the sight of
       the two men.
       ------Knuckles could barely hold back his groans of pleasure
       while Desiree washed his own body. She seemed to enjoy teasing
       his more sensitive areas, dragging out the cleaning process
       almost too long.
       "Such a tease," he growled at her as she escaped the shower.
       He dried his own body off hurriedly and stalked after her into
       the bedroom. Knuckles knelt and pulled her down to the edge of
       the bed hooking her legs over his shoulders. He feasted on her,
       teasing her with his tongue, growling in pleasure at how she
       tasted.James felt the grab of his neck as Daevon and death were
       moving as death listened quietly. Hearing the man stammer about
       reviving pestilence  memories  due to a secret that was
       important and time sensitive.
       When he got strapped to the table he squirmed to hear tank talk
       and all color drained from his face. Feeling hands in places he
       didn’t like causing him to yell.- least until a shock came in
       after being told that!
       ——
       Daevon made his rush with death to the medical wing asking for
       help as they were settled in a room.”he was shocked a bunch of
       times..” he said.. the mumbled words of the man made him
       worried.
       ——
       Albert was in mid flirt with Queen, part of him fighting the
       urge to just play with her hair. That’s when he heard the noise
       of war coming in made him blink. What did moreso was seeing
       William coming in later looking pissed himself. He came back to
       seeing James being shocked and took time to clean up at least
       the lab part before seeing more damage in the hall. William
       glowered.  He heard what survivors told him and was going to
       make them regret their actions. He sat down and looked over at
       war giving him the floor first granted he was more than ready to
       speak his own peace.”war you look pissed.” Said Albert before a
       man came to him and whispered in his ear.”what? That wing?” He
       asked and sighed. “This better be good war going into the one
       place that was restricted.” He said with a cold tone.
       ——-Rachel held the man her hand stroking his hair as she did so.
       She heard his words as her eyes went soft. She was afraid if
       they seemed him no good they would get rid of him.. same time
       she didn’t want him to come back a jumble of parts.”not really-
       sometimes we wish for the least of the evils.. sometimes it’s
       better than the worst.” She said before hearing his compliment.
       She bursted out in chuckles.”I’m glad.. hugs are good to try to
       feel better.” She said softly.
       ——
       Steele was standing as he let Sebastian work a bit at a part
       that put him just at the right eye level to think something was
       suspicious.. and of course seeing Dior made the man blush
       reflexively.”it’s not what it looks like- he’s fixing my leg.”
       He said.”though we could make it really-“ he looked down to see
       Sebastian to shut up.
       ——
       “Probably.. just gonna have to tease him a little.” Tobias said
       to chuckle.  The next news caught him off guard. “I… wouldn’t
       mind … and since you’re pregnant a little fun would be good.”
       Tobias cooed as his hands slid her dress up to get a
       view.”beautiful.” He murmured hotly. His hands wandered to tease
       her a little with light fluttery touches.River lay on a hospital
       bed the nurses had set him up on before doing a checkup on the
       humuculus. "He is stable, doctor is on break right now. He isn't
       dying so doc will see him when he gets back," the nurse
       explained before leaving River with those who had brought him to
       the medical wing.
       ---
       Hearing the door open to his office had Sébastien sighing but
       the words that came out of Dior's mouth had the doctor wide
       eyed. "Dior! How many times have I told you to knock?" He
       questioned, his eyes a firey red before they turned back to
       purple hearing Steele seemingly willing to give the nurse a
       show. He looked up at Nickolas unsure of how to respond or feel.
       The thought of being watched by the androgynous nurse, and
       seeing how the thought affected Steele physically, he found he
       wasn't entirely against the idea. "We could make it really
       what?" He finally asked Steele, his blush intensifying at the
       idea of giving into these feelings and desires. He couldn't deny
       he was turned on by the idea.
       ---
       Having Tobias lift her dress and tease her so gently while
       cooing sweet words. She was already squirming with want of the
       man. She pulled him into a heated kiss as her hands then moved
       to finish helping the man out of his shirt before her hands
       began to travel his chest, enjoying the closeness as he touched
       her. "I need you Tobi..." She groaned as she felt more and more
       needy.
       ---
       A squeaking giggle escaped Désirée as Knuckles pulled her by her
       legs to the edge of the bed before diving into her folds with
       his lips. A deep moan escaped her as her legs crossed behind the
       man's neck, pulling him in closer, her hands finding their way
       into his hair as she tugged at it the closer she got closer and
       closer to a peak. "Oh Knuckles yes!" She moaned out feeling like
       she was going to burst.Tank loved watching how James reacted to
       his touch, his interest and fascination with the doctor growing.
       James might be a bit older, but he still was rather young
       looking, and quite sexy. Definitely the type Tank would enjoy
       toying and playing with. The doctor didn't know it yet, but he
       was soon going to be getting a great deal of attention from
       Tank. Most didn't realize it, but Tank liked hunting or
       "stalking" other men and slowly turning them into his toys.
       As they left the restricted wing, he made note of where things
       were, plotting out where to put a few traps to catch the man.
       Oh...this would be a fun hunt indeed!
       -----
       Queen's head turned at the sound of heavy footsteps, feeling a
       bit irritated that her time with Albert had to be interrupted.
       She'd actually found herself enjoying the man flirting with her.
       The murderous look in War's eyes had her move closer to Albert,
       feeling concern for the man. If War lost his temper, she knew
       things could go very badly. Her worry grew when a messenger came
       in with news for Albert and her sharp ears caught what was said.
       War had waited, silently fuming as he was forced to wait.
       "I wouldn't have had to storm in there if you'd have given me a
       heads-up on what was going on," War growled, just barely holding
       himself back. "Pestilence has been traumatized far too much
       already. There are better ways to get information out of him,
       then fucking electricuting him! Do you even care how far they
       had it up? Doing this kind of shit behind my back isn't the way
       to build trust with me or my brothers. "
       "We may have an agreement to work with you, but our loyalty is
       to one another. Maybe if you had been in the field helping us
       survive, it would be different. As it is, you've only had this
       job for what, five years? We've been together for decades
       Albert."
       Queen could feel the tension growing strong between the two of
       them, and knew she had to say something before the situation got
       worse."what I am hearing is that there needs to be better
       communication going on. The lack of it, is what caused the whole
       problem. As did Pestilence undergoing a procedure that could
       have hurt him more than helping him." Queen said in a cool
       calming tone, moving her left normal hand onto Albert's.
       War's expression changed to one of incredulity. He'd never seen
       Queen ever touch anyone before.
       "I understand that neither of you trust one another very well
       right now. It's going to take time. You're both men that I
       admire. Please, don't let this incident make things worse. There
       will have to be some sort of discipline for those involved,
       otherwise everyone will start fighting again. If you both agree,
       I can help with figuring out how to go from here,"-----
       "I didn't think you'd actually be in here, I'm sorry Doctor,"
       Dior's cheeky grin faded, realizing they had made the wrong
       assumption of what was going on. Though both men had colored
       rather brightly. So the gossip and rumors they'd heard were
       true.
       "My apologies, I have a rather dirty mind these days," Dior
       sighed out. They blinked, more than a little surprised that
       Steele seemed interested in the idea of being watched. Hearing
       Sebastien's question, had Dior say. "Hot? sexy as hell? Super
       Erotic? I'd think anything you two do is sinfully hot,"
       "Sorry, my voyeur side is coming on heavy today. Can't help it
       with the way you two look at one another, " Dior explained.
       -----
       Having Rachel holding and running her hand through his hair was
       helping Rebel calm down. Still the fear wasn't going to
       completely go away. He couldn't help but cuddle closer, basking
       in the attention like the physically starved person he was.
       "I'd agree with that," he sighed out. He pulled away a bit
       reluctantly when Dior brought back a handful of mini candy bars.
       He unwrapped one and popped it into his mouth, savoring the
       sweet coconut filling. "Want one?" He asked looking up at
       Rachel. "It's actually been a long time since I've had
       chocolate,"
       ----Hearing Desiree's moan of pleasure and feeling her legs lock
       around his head brought a groan of approval from Knuckles. He'd
       gladly lose himself in her delicious womanhood and tease her for
       as long as she wanted. She was truly intoxicating, and the more
       he got, the more obsessed he became.
       Those slender fingers tugging at his hair had his hands moving
       to grip her hips as his tongue stroked even deeper inside her.
       He could feel her body twitching and getting closer with every
       stroke of his tongue. He moved his mouth up, moving his tongue
       to flick over her clit before he covered it and sucked on it
       hard.
       #Post#: 1257--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 12:10 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Daevon let a breath out as well as death. The man shot the nurse
       a warning look at the comment.”just cause we don’t die doesn’t
       mean we don’t feel pain.” He said as Daevon saw how the man
       was.”twice now things happened and I failed to open my eyes..”
       mumbled death as Daevon got a soft look at the man, he watched
       him go to sit down by the bed to look at River.”was hoping to
       help him remember naturally- whether he still stay connected to
       you or not as pestilence was another matter- if it made him
       happy I wouldn’t argue.” Said death as he rubbed his head at the
       man in the bed.
       Daevon sighed.”those you work for don’t necessarily care.” Said
       the man as he went by river to slide his hand in. “Sometimes
       they’ll do whatever it takes to do what they really want.” He
       said as he looked over the man.
       ——-
       Steele blushed a bit at the man to open his mouth when  Dior
       opened his mouth to chuckle at the androgynous man.”hot..
       erotic.. being watched can be a turn on.. sometimes I don’t mind
       the idea of being caught.. it kind of makes things more fun.”
       Said Nikolas as he looked down at the flustered doctor.”you
       really are cute when your flustered.” He said before he looked
       at Dior.
       “Is there a reason you came here for?” He asked blinking at him.
       ——
       Albert blinked as he looked at him. He seemed to get an icy look
       at how war began to talk to him like he wasn’t in charge.
       “Look, my mother took a turn for the worse, pestilence was the
       only one that knew what it took to ease her symptoms- it’s a
       race against time for me, my mothers body isn’t ready for what’s
       been done once- the second time around we don’t know what the
       hell happened since a..” he paused to look at the paper in
       front.”Mister Robert fields.Has not woke up. - I apologize for
       what I had to do.. we don’t even know if the man remembers his
       most basic abilities let alone his knowledge of medicine that
       supersedes even the best of doctors.” He said.“And whose this
       other person your so loyal too, don’t forget the people you do
       have belong to not just me- but William as well.” He said before
       feeling a hand on his shoulder. He listened quietly as he seemed
       to think.”there will be, “ he calmed down at her touch.”given
       the circumstances of the woman you brought under your wing
       recently will be a faith of good standing- she will remain
       there. Alice though will need to be with will for a while for
       needed tests.. I wasn’t even sure how to breech this to you with
       sensitive intent but I think a nice brief separation would be
       best for you.“ Albert said as William spoke up.”as a show of
       that good faith please send Dior my way, the man is good with
       patients and could keep Alice calm- it seemed that the two
       formed quite a friendship bond.” Said William with a smile that
       more or less formed a smirk.”least war can still be told of what
       I’m doing and what I’ve done so he doesn’t shoot up the place.”
       Said William in a rather salty way.”almost ruined years of
       experiments..” he mumbled.
       “Who else was in that wing?” Albert questioned the man by
       him.”death, Daevon, and famine sir.” He heard. “And death was
       going to get Jun with Tobias slacking as of late.” Albert
       mumbled.”I guess James will have his way for a while, give her a
       few moments left, out of her grace for Tobias- once she leaves,
       please take her to James.” Albert said knowing full well what
       could happen.”Daevon I want him isolated, Rachel recently
       recovered so using her is out of the question.” He said his hand
       went to his head for an idea.”keep him isolated till river wakes
       up, then we can talk.” Albert said. His face thinking more on
       famine. The idea of just bringing him back to him and doing what
       he done before was best- famine never gave him trouble- “bring
       famine to me, I’ll deal with that one myself.” He said his
       fingers drummed.”this is what is in place, remember war. You
       pledged your hand to my father- he’s gone and now I am in
       charge.“He held queens hand gently with a squeeze.”maybe take
       this time to train and be ready for orders.. you hadn’t had a
       job since you’ve been playing house with Alice.” He said.”don’t
       need you getting soft.” He added.Tobias heard her nickname after
       so long as he pulled at her dress, and him out of his shirt. His
       hands slid to her ass to grip it.”juni… “ he stared at her lips
       a little.”mind getting me ready my love.. “ he murmured against
       her skin as he continued to let his hands massaging places. Her
       voice, her scent intoxicating the man. He brushed her hair back
       from her neck and briefly caressed his lips against it, feeling
       the smooth skin before nipping at it.
       ——-Rachel blushed a little as she watched the man burrow a
       little in her chest. Not that she blamed him. She stayed
       stroking his hair and taking in the quiet of the room before
       hearing a small commotion for it to die down. Her lips parted
       for a minute to close. Her worry etched on her face. There had
       to be a way to create enough of a problem for all of them to
       have some sort of protection.
       It was then she saw Dior coming back a bit flushed.She watched
       as rebel  took the candy bars before seeing rebel eat one.
       Rachel shook her head. “Not really but I can feed them to you.”
       She said with a small tease trying to lighten things up. She
       looked at Dior somewhat hopeful as she took a bar to free
       it.”did you find out anything?” She asked, before waiting for
       rebel to open his mouth to feed it to him when he was ready.The
       response of Dior and Steele to his question topped off with
       Nickolas claiming he was cute when he was flustered making him
       even *more* flustered somehow. Sébastien contemplated silently
       for several moments as Steele questioned why the nurse was there
       in the first place. The idea of being watched was slowly sinking
       into his mind as he truly considered it. It wouldn't hurt to try
       it once right?
       "You.... you would need to be over here to actually see anything
       Dior... I... suppose it doesn't hurt anything to try it out..."
       He finally said as he finished hooking up Steele's leg before
       his hand wandered to the man's underwear to tease the man's
       growing errection through the cloth.
       ---
       More soft needy moans escaped Jun as Tobias touched her and
       kissed at her sensitive neck. Hus request to get him ready had
       the feline woman forcing his pants open and off before her hand
       slipped into his boxers to toy with his growing member. "I
       missed being with you like this my love," she purred, leaning
       her head back to give the man all the access he could want.
       ---
       Closer and closer to the edge Knuckles drove her with his tongue
       stroking that perfect spot inside of her forcing her over the
       edge when he moved up to tease and suck harshly on her bud. It
       got a near scream out of Désirée as she peaked, spilling all
       over him. "K-knuckles!" She gasped out in a hot moan as her grip
       on his hair tightened as she rode the wave of orgasim.
       "Thats not fair, you are playing dirty!" Désirée accused as her
       body continued to rithe under his treatment.Dior couldn't help
       but shiver as Steele explained his own thoughts and feelings
       about being watched. Seeing Sebastien's flustered blushing face,
       made Dior rethink staying to watch such an intimate moment
       involving his friend.
       Steele's question had Dior straighten up a bit and play with
       their shirt collar, feeling a bit hot when Sebastien mentioned
       they'd need to come in further to see anything. "I was reminded
       that the test results done on the new patients just came in.  I
       think they may have been left in here. Have you had a chance to
       look them over yet?"
       The idea of Famine getting jealous and lashing out, had Dior
       make up his mind that staying would be a bad idea. They were
       spared having to say this when an unconscious Pestilence was
       carried past the door.
       "Duty calls, let me know when you need those test results
       filed," they said louder and exited the room, closing the door
       firmly.
       Dior headed over to help get Pestilence settled in the bed,
       working quickly and efficiently. Then headed back over to Rachel
       and Rebel, shaking their head at her question. "Doc hasn't
       opened them yet, I can peek later," Dior whispered back.
       Rebel's mouth currently full of nugat  and chocolate let out a
       long sigh and rested his head against Rachel. "Thanks for trying
       anyway. Could I get some more water please?"
       Dior filled up his glass and handed it over, wishing there was
       more they could do. There was a growing sense of fear and
       discord starting to fill them, making Dior wonder if there was
       more shit about to hit the fan.
       --------War's eyes momentarily switched to his human ones as
       Albert explained why he'd been in such a hurry. Hearing the
       man's mother was sickly, and needed a cure explained why they'd
       taken such a drastic chance with reviving his brother's
       memories.
       His eyes flashed at both men, his jaw clenching in anger being
       told he what their punishments would be.
       He was sure his brothers would be just as pissed when they found
       out what they'd have to endure.
       "If that man, hurts Alice and our baby in any way, I will end
       him," War promised in a dark time. "I hope for your mother's
       sake that what was done to Pestilence helps in her recovery.
       I'll pass the message along to Dior," War replied at the end,
       standing up his eyes still dark with anger. He left without
       another word, rolling his shoulders, not looking forwards to
       passing on this news to the other. Especially not Alice.
       Queen chewed at the inside of her cheek, listening silently at
       the exchange. Once War was gone she gave a long searing look at
       William.
       "Keep in mind, if someone hurts Dior, Famine is likely to go
       psycho on your ass and whoever touches them. Dior's gifts of
       healing are still developing. They'll be much more helpful to
       you whole,"She slowly pulled her hand from under Albert's and
       retrieved her tablet.
       "I'll keep looking for anything that might help your mother.
       I'll let you know if I find anything that could help, Albert."
       she said in a softer tone and then headed off to the room in the
       mansion she'd been moved to.
       -----War's first stop was in the infirmary, telling Death,
       Famine and Daevon what was going to happen in a low tone. Then
       he headed over to Dior, giving them the order William had
       issued.
       Dior gulped, looking a bit wary and gave a slow nod realizing
       just how serious the situation was. "I'll keep a close eye on
       Alice," they promised and hurried off to put a few things
       together.
       "I'd appreciate that," he said in a gruff tone and went to find
       Alice.
       When he found her, he pulled the woman into his arms, holding
       her while he told her they'd be separated for awhile and why.
       "I'm sorry to put you into this situation. I just couldn't
       control myself. Hearing Pest screaming, enraged me. I'm not sure
       how long it will be, hopefully only a few weeks." War sighed,
       trying to enjoy their last few moments together. "Dior's going
       to go keep an eye on you so you won't be alone."
       -----
       Knuckles' ears rang from her pleased scream. He greedily licked
       and devoured her release, groaning out his own pleasure.
       "You taste even better than I imagined, Desiree," he growled
       reaching up to grip her wrists, moving his throbbing shaft to
       rub against her still wet slit.
       He held himself back, mindful of not wanting to cause further
       problems and grabbed a condom from the box near his bed. His
       eyes gazed deeply into hers as he got it opened and rolled it
       over his shaft.
       "Hmm...might need a bit more stretching first,"
       Knuckles pushed one and then two fingers slowly into her body,
       watching her reactions as he pumped them into her.Steele blushed
       a bit and felt the tease and getting hard. His eyes flickered to
       Dior taking in their build.. seemed his type just keeps popping
       up, he hear Dior’s voice take on a quick tone to chuckle.”that’s
       a shame.” He said and looked down at Sebastian.”would have been
       a little fun..being watched.” He said as he shifted to his metal
       leg.”that feels so much better..” he said.”and might as well
       just… do this now?” He flirted at the doctor once Dior had
       rushed off.
       —-
       Rachel’s eyes dipped quietly as the mask she wore cracked a
       little in a form of tears forming out of worry and clear stress.
       She let the man lean on her not wishing for him to see her
       face.”what was that commotion earlier.. I thought I heard my
       cousin..” she asked before she would see war.. try as he might
       to try to not be heard didn’t go completely unheard from what he
       said to Dior about Alice. She blinked and made a serious look.
       Famine didn’t seem to take the news well as death. The two
       shifted one looking to see for jun one more time- while famine
       looked like he was finding a place to hide. The man ended up in
       the same room with Dior and looked panicked.
       ——
       Daevon quietly sat with River holding his hand until some men
       came in. Normally he’d be ready to fight but with the fact they
       were in a medical wing didn’t want to cause trouble.. there was
       more than just his boyfriend inside. His arms were taken and
       tied behind his back as he was led out to see his cousin
       briefly. Her eyes filled with worry- she looked ready to get up
       and stop what was happening to receive a shaking of the head as
       no toward her. His face saying stay put. Something inside face a
       throb of rage that been brewing slowly inside the girl with how
       things had been going. Her hand going back to stroking rebels
       hair gently.
       —-
       Alice was busy in their room, looking at the bunny ears she had
       wondering just how they’d have fun a new way before she heard
       the door open. She blinked as she felt his arms and his
       words.She trembled  a little at what she was being told as the
       ears slid off and on the floor. While he spoke about his reasons
       why Alice mind went to a total blank as she clutched at war as
       her voice slid into sobs, given her pregnancy had switched a few
       things inside to the point of her being more prone to stay close
       to what felt safe to her.. the only comfort bringing her back
       was the mention of her new friend. She saw as a few familiar
       faces came, and James behind all of them. She lingered with war
       before she heard.”get moving 41Ic3” she let go to follow before
       they snagged her sleeves and got them strapped as what her
       outfit was made for. “Don’t worry.. William will be handling
       you- I am just gonna transport you. I got to go welcome my love
       shortly.. been a while since I heard her sing.” He said to
       chuckle and gave a war a smug look. Of course it wiped off
       immediately when he saw tank not that far off to rush off.
       ——William looked at Queen with a rather cold expression,”my dear
       lady- I am aware of his abilities. I think him focusing on Alice
       would be best suited for developing his abilities.” He said
       calmly.”that and keep him distracted for a while.” Said William
       to stand up.”oh and a request- Rachel is healed enough for her
       own room, if you please.” He said to Albert as he nodded.” It
       will be fine- but know Dior will be attending to famine once I’m
       done with him.” He said darkly.
       Once things wrapped  up he felt queens hand leaving his and
       heard her tone. He felt a warmth he hadn’t in a while. “Maybe a
       nice dinner for her..” he mumbled to himself watching the sway
       of her ass going out the door to the hall. “Queen!” He called
       out before she got completely from the room.”thank you.. and if
       you will join me for dinner later?”Tobias enjoyed the feeling of
       his wife, his hands enjoying touching places and feeling her hot
       mouth on him, it wasn’t long till the two were on their own way
       to climax. Feeling her legs wrapped around his middle as he
       worked at the mess of a woman below him, watching her climax
       several times as he felt on edge of bursting himself was
       apparent. He had just come undone holding her close.”gods.. your
       beautiful..” he mumbled to turn and slide her against him to
       bask in the afterglow.
       The door flew open abruptly with his head shooting up to see
       death.. who saw the two basking in their afterglow. Seeing this
       brought a small pain to death.”I’m sorry..” he said and made a
       pained look.”Jun.. shortly you’ll be given to James.. Albert is
       pissed, me for entering the room and Tobias- he claims you been
       slacking off- work fucking harder to get her away.” He told the
       man as his eyes widened.”I haven’t! I got loads of…” he said
       when it hit him.”it’s Ellie again isn’t it.. man’s so desperate
       he doesn’t care who he hurts.” It seemed anytime his mother had
       issues did the man’s temper truely flare most.it meant working
       harder and faster. Death didn’t expect this.”I.. just.. it was
       my brother I couldn’t just..” he said and made a pained
       look.”let him suffer..” he finished.Seeing Dior suddenly chair
       their mind, rushing out to go about work after mentioning the
       test results jarred Sébastien out of his current thoughts. He
       looked back up at the man blushing more at what his lover said.
       "At least lock the door first... unless you are really that
       desperate to get caught..." He found himself questioning. The
       idea of someone walking in as they were doing unprofessional
       things was starting to really turn him on. He had always
       stressed on being professional at all times, so Steele wanting
       to do things in his office had an air of forbbideness that he
       just couldn't resist.
       The purple hue of his eyes darkened as he tugged Steele's
       underwear down and gently kiss the man's throbing manhood on the
       very tip. Taking it into his mouth only moments later, not
       exactly giving the man a chance to lock the door.
       ---
       The way Tobias made love to Jun had her unraveling under him as
       she enjoyed every thrust as she reached climax after climax
       until he finally filled her. The pair trembling from the sheer
       pleasure before they were cuddled up enjoying the high they felt
       after such an incredible moment after far too long.
       Unfortunately, they didn't get very long to enjoy their moment
       as Death cane busting in. Jun sat up quickly, ready to tell
       Deatg it was all her idea and yo not be angry with her husband.
       It seemed that wasn't the reason he had barged in on them.he
       even apologized before giving them the worst possible news. The
       panic in her eyes was quite obvious. She didn't want to be
       anywhere near James but it seemed she didn't have a choice. The
       sorrow on Death's face told her there wasn't a way out of this.
       Jun got out of the bed, slipping her clothing back on before
       giving Tobias a deep loving kiss before going to Death to give
       him the same. "I'll be okay..." She told the pair just moments
       before those sent to get her finally come in to collect her.
       "I'll see you two soon," she tried to assure as she was led
       away, a new collar attached to her neck.Feeling Kunckles massive
       bare member against her warmth had Désirée nearly come undone,
       groaning in complaint as he pulled himself away to put on
       protection. Her insides were twisting in knots as she waited for
       him to enter her, but it seemed he wasn't done playing yet as he
       pushed fingers inside of her getting fresh hot moans out of her
       as she squirmed.
       "Knuckles!" She moaned out, reaching yet another peak. "Please
       fuck me, I need you inside of me," she finally begged.Dior was
       just finishing up packing up supplies when they heard the door
       open. Seeing that it was Famine looking quite panicked had Dior
       moving to hug him and hold the man close.
       "It's going to be okay Famine, just try and hold yourself
       together." They said softly and gave the man a kiss.
       They held onto Famine, trying to calm him down until they heard
       a knock on the door. Dior slowly pulled back and kissed him once
       more before grabbing the case they'd filled and quietly left the
       room.
       Dior didn't get a chance to say more as they were escorted out,
       soon joining Alice in the room she'd been given in the secret
       wing. "I'll stay in here with Alice, as I can keep a closer eye
       on her that way. All I need is a cot,"
       Dior knew that eventually they'd be allowed to grab clothes and
       other things. But for now wasn't going to push too much.
       ------War felt gut wrenching guilt and pain fill him at Alice's
       reaction to the news. He held her close, knowing there wasn't
       anything he could do or say to comfort her.
       The arrival of the men and James had him bristling, but he made
       no move to try and stop them from taking Alice. That would have
       just made things worse.
       His eyes flashed at James, and he stood up and began pacing once
       he was alone. With his anger rising he headed off to the
       training ground. There he spent the rest of the day nearly
       destroying every punching bag with his rage. If he didn't get a
       job soon, Albert would probably be spending a small fortune
       replacing everything.
       -----
       Queen merely inclined her head to William in a slight nod,
       choosing to not irk the man further. She knew very well what
       kind of man he was and that he wasn't one to trifle with.
       She paused at the doorway, turning to shoot a surprised look at
       Albert. Getting invited to dinner was a new experience for her.
       "I would like that. Let me know what time. I'll see you later
       then," Queen replied, gifting him with a small smile.
       She headed off to her room to get back to work. A part of her
       hoped they'd be able to find a cure for Albert's mother and
       soon. The man wasn't all that bad when he wasn't worried about
       losing her. Having experienced losses in her past, she knew how
       devastated he'd be if she died.
       ------Knuckles was quite enjoying feeling Desiree's body moving
       in response to his touch. He finally ended the teasing when she
       begged him to fuck her.
       "Thought you'd never ask," he purred, pulling his fingers slowly
       out and spread her legs wider.
       Knuckles slowly slide himself inside Desiree, letting out a
       groan at how tight she was. He descended, taking her mouth in a
       heated kiss, his hands trailing over her body, teasing and
       playing with her breasts.
       His first thrusts were slow and deep thrusts; the pace gradually
       building until he was pounding into her body with wild
       abandonment.Steele heard the man speak about locking the door.
       “Alright we can lock it..” he started to move before feeling the
       man free him and the expression given.Tobias reached out for his
       wife after the kiss, the loving warmth chased away by watching
       her meet up with some men at the door and seeing the collar. His
       mouth twisted in an angry way before looking at death who showed
       sheer regret. The moment the door shut did Tobias feel his rage
       bubble.”if James thinks he can put hands without consequence he
       can think twice..” said the man with an anger that death wasn’t
       use to, “right now we can’t do anything.. please keep calm- if
       you do something she may end up with him longer.” He heard.”what
       am I suppose to do!” He said as death sighed not knowing just
       how to make the time shorter.”I’ll help with your work.” He
       said.
       ——Famine felt Dior hug him to see him being escorted out. His
       pain showing on his face.  Of course the majority there were for
       him as he was pulled to dragged out, the man shifted form to
       even try to get away. The man whisked away to where Albert would
       be waiting.
       ——Rachel got a look to gently move.”rebel listen.. I need to
       work now.. if I can sway things maybe war can keep you fully
       intact too..” she said to hold his face. “I promise I’ll be
       back.” She said before her lips touched his in a moment of
       letting her mind slip in her emotions. She blushed a bit before
       scampering off in the direction she saw war go.
       She witnessed Alice being carried at this point in tears, she
       remembered seeing her near war to grip her hands together. She
       could hear the sounds of someone tearing up a room, her hand
       went to the door wondering if she should. Given the chaos.. she
       knew she could slip by with these things. Once things went quiet
       did a knock of metal against wood firmly be heard.Pleasuring his
       lover was all on Sébastien's mind right then as he made soft
       noises himself as he sucked. One hand on Nickolas' leg while the
       other had moved down to slip into his own pants to toy with
       himself as he got more and more turned on. It intensified as he
       thought he head foot steps coming towards his office, anxiety
       and thrill filling him at the idea of being caught.
       ---
       A needy groan left Désirée as Knuckles pulled his fingers away
       and spreading her legs wide before he finally sank into her
       heat. Her eyes just about rolled into the back of her head at
       finally being filled and clung to him as his pace slowly picked
       up. His hands exploring her body as he finally claimed her.
       Her moans trapped by his lips as he got rougher and rougher
       until he was plowing into her like a jackhammer making her peak
       with nearly every thrust at that point. His name spilling from
       her lips when she finally got a breath. She had never had sex
       this good in her life and she could easily let him do this to
       her for as long as he wanted.
       ---
       The world was spinning when River finally came to. He scrubbed
       his face in his hands as he slowly sat up trying to figure out
       what the hell was going on. He tried to remember where he was,
       nothing. Every time he tried to recall anything he was met with
       emptiness. He couldn't even recall his own name. He knew he had
       one, it was beyond his grasp unfortunately. He finally pulled
       his hands away from his face and looked around the empty room he
       was in.
       He could hear people outside of the room, so, he got up, heading
       for the door before he heard a nurse begin to freak out a little
       that someone name Pestilence was awake and moving. The room was
       quickly rushed with lots of people, disorienting River even
       more.
       #Post#: 1258--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 12:22 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Rebel's fear came back ten times stronger when he heard War's
       report to Rachel. He had a very bad feeling about being left
       behind. "Okay,' he managed to get out, though his throat seemed
       to shrink as panic set in.
       Rebel's eyes widened when her lips covered his own for a brief
       moment. "You'd better. I'll miss you," Rebel said touching his
       lips, still a bit shocked that Rachel had kissed him.
       -----
       General Hiroto had been searching for a doctor for over a half
       an hour and still hadn't found one. He was starting to grow
       frustrated and pissed off. Just where were they? Weren't they
       supposed to be working? It irritated him when others didn't take
       their work seriously.
       He headed back to the Hospital wing, thinking of getting a nurse
       to page one of the doctors. When he saw one of the nurses
       exiting a room, he headed to the door, his cheek twitching.
       He pulled the door open and was rather disgusted to find two men
       engaging in an act that could only be described as obscene.
       "So this is what you do on the clock? I need assistance with my
       clone, if you can't I'll do it myself. I should tell Albert
       about this atrocious behavior," Hiroto sneered before nearly
       slamming the door and walking away angrily .
       Clenching his teeth, he headed past the frantic nurses and
       towards  the now unprotected Rebel.
       The teen caught sight of the imposing figure and shrank back in
       his bed, looking even more freaked out than before.  His fear
       grew as one of the general's men came over with a huge case and
       opened it. Inside were odd looking tools, which looked like
       torture devices.
       "Help me restrain him,"
       That was when Rebel began to struggle and cry out for help as
       loud as he could. The general didn't seem to care or even bother
       with gagging him.
       ------Knuckles kept up the punishing pace, loving every moment
       with the incredible and addictive woman in his arms.
       "F-fuck, Desiree," he groaned out hitting his own peak and
       filled the condom. His mouth sought her neck, nipping and
       marking it with a very visible bite mark.
       He slowly maneuvered himself up on his arms, gazing down at her
       swollen lips.
       "You're fucking amazing Des," he praised and slowly pulled away
       to discard the condom and then settled back on the bed, pulling
       her in top of him.
       "Hungry? I can get some food brought in. Then we can try a round
       two,"-----
       War finally paused his destruction when he ran out of things to
       destroy. He'd stripped down to pants, the sweat having drenched
       his shirt long ago.
       The knock had his head jerking up and his eyes flashing. With a
       growl he stormed over to fling the door open and snarl angrily.
       "Go Away! I don't want to be bothered!"
       He didn't care that it was Rachel, he'd have exploded at anyone
       at this point.Rachel heard the stomp of his feet and backed up a
       little as the mountain of a man compared to her yelled in her
       face.
       She took a moment to remind herself what he was, but more of
       what she was there for. Her face showing some fear, slowly
       settling to a face of resolve.”war not wanting to be bothered?
       Tearing up a room over a woman than fight for her? I thought out
       of everyone here you had the most sense.. you never brought me
       pain or anguish.. you simply followed orders.” She started to
       look at the man her face slowly turning to get full eye contact.
       She paused.
       Rachel stepped in closer despite her size clearly trying to
       appear a bit tougher. She passed by him thanks to her small size
       to see the room.”so this… is your response… how sad for Alice.”
       She said quietly.”pleading for help only for her lover to stand
       idly by and letting it happen… “ her shoulders fell.”much like
       my father to my mother… she was so sick.. calling for him… but
       he didn’t care.. all he cared was for results. Tell me.. is
       orders that much more important than her?.. than the child
       inside her?” She asked. Not everything would go unnoticed in the
       medical wing. She saw how Alice was running  her flat stomach
       when she found out and the blissful look on the walk back.
       “You should fight war.. take her back- “ she said and
       turned.”don’t be like my father.. he killed my mother and
       allowed so much to happen to me- his flesh and blood- will you
       let your child suffer because of orders?” She asked.”everyone
       can spew loyalty.. but one that must never be broken is the one
       you love, that should be above all.” She said looking up at the
       man.
       “I can be your friend or your foe.. depends on how you will go
       about this, all I ask is rebel to be spared from being spare
       parts.” Said Rachel. “I know that ass of a general is under
       you.” She said her arms held out just enough as flowers flowed
       around her form. “These flowers let me see by person.. can even
       proliferate in places you would never expect.” Said Rachel.“I
       also have a photographic memory.. what I see stays in my head..
       if I explore one place once I know every nook and cranny.” Said
       Rachel. “Unfortunately ones I had flowered never entered that
       wing.” She said with a sigh.
       —-
       James heard the steps to see Jun in tow. A smile crawled on his
       face as he directed the men to put Alice in a room.”finally it’s
       been forever..” he said to take the woman by her arm.”I have her
       go.” He said as he pulled her in his room. His hands ran down
       her form to feel the telltale signs of sex.. his brow furrowed a
       bit.”do you have no loyalty… I made you…” he said. ”why him…it
       was suppose to be me.”Steele was enjoying himself till a door
       flung open, what wasn’t expected was a flurry of what Steele
       couldn’t comprehend going in behind them, to turning into a man.
       “Oh dear..” he said and made a glare at the general.”dollface
       this may be an issue.” He said before seeing some men coming for
       famine. He knew how Dior felt about the man to ready himself for
       a fight.Daevon was sitting in rivers room- the man distraught
       that his man was out. He was beginning to understand how his
       cousin felt. He rubbed his head as he laid on the bed wondering
       what he could do, as he chewed his bottom lip.The office door
       swung open again, far more forcefully this time, making
       Sébastien flinch before pulling away from Steele and helping the
       man pull his pants up when he heart things going down outside
       the office. He quickly grabbed the test results, seeing if there
       was anything he could use to save the now screaming man. "Not
       good news but it will save him for now..." He muttered to
       himself as he pull a glock from his desk drawer before rushing
       out the door, nearly topling over the people hauling off Famine.
       Knowing how attached Dior was to the man, he made a snap
       decision to take the man with him. "He is coming with me." He
       told the men, taking Famine's hand to pull the man away from the
       thugs before continuing to the room the general and Rebel were
       in.
       "General I advice you step away from my patient." He said,
       holding the cocked gun against the back of the man's head to
       stop him. "I just reviewed the results of your clones blood. He
       had, not only HIV, but bone cancer. Get out of my medical wing
       before I give you a new hole in your head." He warned coldly.
       ---
       As the men led Jun to where James was, her eyes cast to the
       floor, fear running through her as her ears pinned down and her
       tail tucked. She flinched when James grabbed her but made no
       resistance as he dragged her off to his bedroom. It was when he
       realized she had sex recently that he lost his temper, slaping
       the feline woman and causing her to stagger backwards.
       Her body tensed expecting for him to hit her more, but instead
       he tore off her dress . His greedy hands running over her
       freshly naked body causing her to shiver. Soon she was bound to
       the bed with James having his way with her. Tears streaked down
       her cheeks as she tried to quietly take it, hoping it would be
       over soon. James was nothing like Tobias or Death, it never hurt
       like this with them.
       ---The office door swung open again, far more forcefully this
       time, making Sébastien flinch before pulling away from Steele
       and helping the man pull his pants up when he heart things going
       down outside the office. He quickly grabbed the test results,
       seeing if there was anything he could use to save the now
       screaming man. "Not good news but it will save him for now..."
       He muttered to himself as he pull a glock from his desk drawer
       before rushing out the door, nearly topling over the people
       hauling off Famine.
       Knowing how attached Dior was to the man, he made a snap
       decision to take the man with him. "He is coming with me." He
       told the men, taking Famine's hand to pull the man away from the
       thugs before continuing to the room the general and Rebel were
       in.
       "General I advice you step away from my patient." He said,
       holding the cocked gun against the back of the man's head to
       stop him. "I just reviewed the results of your clones blood. He
       had, not only HIV, but bone cancer. Get out of my medical wing
       before I give you a new hole in your head." He warned coldly.
       ---
       As the men led Jun to where James was, her eyes cast to the
       floor, fear running through her as her ears pinned down and her
       tail tucked. She flinched when James grabbed her but made no
       resistance as he dragged her off to his bedroom. It was when he
       realized she had sex recently that he lost his temper, slaping
       the feline woman and causing her to stagger backwards.
       Her body tensed expecting for him to hit her more, but instead
       he tore off her dress . His greedy hands running over her
       freshly naked body causing her to shiver. Soon she was bound to
       the bed with James having his way with her. Tears streaked down
       her cheeks as she tried to quietly take it, hoping it would be
       over soon. James was nothing like Tobias or Death, it never hurt
       like this with them.
       ---The insane pace Knuckles kept up was breath taking as Désirée
       could hardly keep breath in her lungs she was moaning so much.
       She was entirely coming undone from the amount of pleasure
       racing through her body.  Her body trembled as they orgasimed
       together before he left a nice dark mark on her neck. Her hands
       tangling into his hair as he made it.
       Désirée panted softly as she gazed up into his eyes as he
       admired her body. "You are a beast.... that was incredible...."
       She panted out in response to his praise as the man pulled away
       and got rid of the used condom before pulling her ontop of him
       causing her to giggle.
       "Mmmm I could go for something spicy," she mused. "Maybe get
       some wine to go with it," she suggested with a smirk. "Wondering
       if you can outdo yourself in a round two or not," she teased.
       ---
       The lost humuculus found his way out of the medical wing. It
       seemed whoever noticed him was too scared of him to try and stop
       him, anyone who would have been brave enough was distracted by
       the chaos. It didn't take long for muscle memory to bring him to
       his own bedroom.
       He didn't understand why he felt draw to it but it felt so
       familiar. He opened the door finding a distraught, and very
       handsome man in the room. He wasn't even sure what to do as he
       stared for a moment. "Are... you okay?" He found himself
       questioning.Rachel's confrontation wasn't something War had been
       prepared for or ready to hear. Especially after fighting the
       urge to tear out both Albert and William's spines after seeing
       Alice's reaction to being dragged off.
       Her words stirred his fury, his eyes going black and ominous.
       "I don't plan on just sitting idly by, this isn't a fight we can
       win in one attack. If I act out right now, worse will happen to
       Alice. It may not be what you want to hear, but maybe you should
       focus on other things at the moment. There are other people in
       place that need to be taken down first."
       War's tone was low and held a hint of warning to it.
       "Pass along your flowers to my men, they can get them where you
       need. Switch will be your contact, it's best for now. He can
       help you with the general."
       War stepped back and closed the door in her face then turned to
       slump against it.
       It was becoming quite clear to War there could never be peace
       between him and Albert. He was going to have to take the man
       down, maybe not outright...but slowly. First he'd have to target
       those that supported the man, cut his legs out from under him.
       ------
       Rebel was screaming himself hoarse as his eye was pried open and
       a metal tool slide in to hold his eyelids back.
       "If you keep moving, I might slip and damage you worse," The
       general explained as he pulled a silver spoon tool out and
       started sliding it between the eye socket and eyeball.
       His hands still when he felt the Glock hit the back of his head.
       Rebel sobbed, now completely still, and hyperventilating a bit
       when he heard his diagnosis.
       "Idiot street rat," the general spat, glaring down at Rebel with
       pure disgust. He removed the spoon and dropped it onto Rebel's
       chest as he stood up and brushed his hands on his pants. "I hope
       you die slowly and in great agony."
       Though the general left, he was in no way done with making
       Rebel's life miserable. He'd spent a small fortune to create the
       clone and he intended to get something out of it.
       -------"Oh a Beast? I guess that makes you Beauty," Knuckles
       couldn't help but say, giving her sexy flushed body an
       appreciative look.
       "Hmm... spicy? Just how hot can you handle? You like tamales? Or
       maybe spicy chicken sandwiches?"
       Knuckles shook his head, amused by her teasing. "I've got over 6
       months of pent up sexual urges to use. I'm more than capable of
       rocking your world again,"
       Once she'd made up her mind on food, Knuckles made a call to the
       kitchen using a few favors to get the food and a bottle of wine
       to be delivered to his room. "Might be a bit of a wait, but we
       can have a bit of fun first,"Rachel heard war speak, her face
       making its own fluctuations as he did so. She held her breath
       braced for anything but how he managed to handle himself with
       what she did gave her a sense of how he was. She heard his words
       about switch, her head nodding silently.  The door shut in her
       face as she finally let off a collective breath. Her heart
       pounding a mile a minute, she wondered how to get a hold of
       switch,  but thanks to asking those distracted enough to answer
       quickly helped.
       She paused a bit to see just how giant ears men seemed to shake
       off the nerves. The flowers she showed now seeds.
       She called out.”I’m looking for a man name switch. Kind of
       important.” She said figuring handing him the seeds and the
       request enough.
       After a bit of talking and handing off what she had, decided to
       head back to the medical wing.  She heard talk of a struggle and
       some crazy general not being patient enough - her heart went to
       her throat to rush to the room to be stopped by Steele who gave
       the doctor and rebel time to get things checked out.”easy..” he
       started.”what happened is he okay?” Asked Rachel. Once she
       learned what happened started to blame herself. She hoped her
       request to switch about the general could be handled so he
       wouldn’t be touched anymore.
       ——-
       Daevon heard the door open to move. He saw River as relief
       filled his face.”oh thank god, I was worried that James fucked
       you up!” He said to go over and kiss River deeply. His mouth
       could not help but explore the man’s mouth before parting.. not
       realizing what really happened heading his way."What a
       *charming* man..." Sébastien said in a cold tone. Warmth didn't
       return to his face until the general was gone. A calm warm smile
       returning to his lips towards Rebel as he tucked the gun into
       his waistband. "Shhh its okay, stay still and I'll get all this
       off you." He soothed before looking to a nurse and ordering pain
       meds, a sedative and an eye patch. He then carefully began to
       work.
       He carefully removed the thing holding Rebel's eye open,
       finishing just as the nurse returned with the meds,
       administering them promptly. It didn't take him long to fix the
       man up. "Now listen, I know the diagnosis is scary, but I
       believe we caught the cancer early enough to do something about
       it. I will make *damn sure* no one else can come in here without
       my expressed permission. I am so sorry this happened.... Steele,
       you can let Rachel im." He informed his lover as he took hold of
       Famine's hand again as he led the man out of the room and back
       to his office.
       Once inside he sat in his chair, pulling Famine into his lap and
       leaned his head back. His eyes a burning red from everything
       that had just happened.At least part of the torture was over for
       the time being as James pulled out and snuggled her. Well she
       assumed that is what he was doing as he laid on top of her
       getting his sweat all over her. His demands had more tears
       slipping from her eyes. "I'll be good master...." was the only
       answer she could choke out, hoping it would be enough of an
       answer to satisfy him for now.
       ---
       The relived look on the man's face followed by the his words had
       a puzzled expression cross River's features before he was rushed
       by the man and *kissed*. It was the kind of kiss one gave their
       lover and it was strangely familiar and comforting. A blush
       colored his face when the guy finally pulled back from the kiss,
       looking happy.
       "You... are an amazing kisser.... but... um.... who are you? Do
       you know who I am?" River questioned, a rather hopeful look in
       his eyes at the idea of getting some answers.
       ---A giggle escaped the blonde  as she stretched a little.
       "There is no such thing as too spicy, I *love* tamales, probably
       in my top ten. Really?? Six months? You are kidding? Imagine a
       stud like you would get around." She mused in response, a fresh
       smirk on her lips.
       It grew when Knuckles suggested having fun while they waited.
       "Mmmm what kind of fun did you have in mine my sexy Beast?" She
       purred seductively.After the slaughter in the secret wing,
       Switch had gotten his men back to their wing and was quickly
       drawn into dealing with other matters. He'd known there would be
       some form of punishment coming. He just hadn't realized that it
       would be taken out on innocent women.
       When he'd heard someone was asking for him he'd felt wary,
       thinking it might be one of Albert's mob men wanting revenge.
       After finding out it was Rachel, he met with her, accepting the
       seeds and her request to deal with General Hiroto.
       "I can't outright kill him, but I'll do what I can," he'd
       promised.
       It was a few hours later when Tank told him about how War had
       destroyed the equipment in the gym. "It could have been much
       worse," Switch replied not all that surprised.
       "Keep an eye on that dick of a doctor," he told Tank.
       Tank's eyes had gleamed at this order. "The white haired one?
       Gladly,"
       He'd already been planning on it, so being ordered to meant he
       wouldn't have to do it on his own time.
       ------Rebel was breathing a bit erratically, trying to not tear
       up as the gentle hands of the doctor removed the device from his
       eye. The man's calm voice soothed him to an extent.
       Rebel shook a little, glad to have the doctor explaining that
       his diagnosis wasn't nearly as dire as he'd thought.
       "T-thank you," he choked out, grateful for the man's protecting
       him. The meds were starting to take affect when Rachel was
       finally let in to see him.
       He sleepily reached for her hand, holding tightly to it. "Stay
       with me for a little bit? Please?"
       ----
       "A woman after my own heart," Knuckles couldn't help but
       chuckle. "Yeah well, when one is on missions back to back it's
       harder finding a woman," He explained. "Hopefully we'll get more
       downtime and not get sent off right away,"
       In answer to her question, Knuckles pulled the petite woman on
       top and ran his hands over her back and down to grope her ass.
       "Let's see how fast I can make you orgasm again," he proposed
       and then smacked her ass. "Now sit on my mouth," he
       ordered.Famine stayed close as he blushed a bit at the doctor of
       all people holding his hand and being commanding. Was this
       Dior’s friend? He wondered his head turned to see rebel looking
       like a mess.. for once he felt his stomach turn a little to look
       away. Somehow seeing it from someone that wasn’t him was making
       him think a little. Once he saw that rebel was settled did
       Rachel rush in and saw her tears.”I’m sorry..” she said before
       she saw famine.” Why are you here-?” She flew out, her emotions
       clearly fraying.”you stole too much from me.. I hope to god you
       understand now that Dior has been taken from you.- and I pray to
       god that the good nurse doesn’t end up like any of this.” She
       shot out before turning to rebel.”I’ll stay..” she said not
       knowing it would be short lived. She got on the bed and cuddled
       to the man. Famine felt himself pulled out as Steele followed
       Sebastian to the office, and watched bemused as famine was sat
       in the man’s lap. Famine who was deep in thought realized *where
       he was.* he blushed a little but didn’t move.. he found the act
       comforting as odd of behavior it was.
       “Dollface never thought I’d see such a hotter side of you.” Said
       Steele.”like a man who can get people to comply and know how to
       shoot a gun.” He said to chuckle.
       ——
       Daevon parted with a smile and heard him ask who he was.”haha..
       good one River..” he said before his smile fell seeing no
       recognition in his face.”y…you don’t remember…” he said and his
       face broke into an emotional look.”River.. you are my boyfriend…
       “ he said and got close as he tried to compose himself. On a
       level did he realize what Rachel was going through as he fought
       his own tears.”you asked me out and I said I would..” he said
       his hands not leaving the man’s face as if hoping he’d just come
       back to him somehow.It was as if the color of his eyes drained
       into his cheeks as they robotic orbs turned a redish purple. It
       reminded him to take the gun out of his waistband. Sébastien
       wrapped an arm around Famine so he could maneuver himself
       without accidently setting the gun off. Once in his hand he
       leaned back and worked at putting the safety back on.
       "Well... good to know that side of me doesn't scare you off. I
       had the displeasure of growing up around these kinds of people.
       I much prefer to not use force.... but like with an unruly
       patient, it can be nessisarry." He said, trying to play off just
       how flustered Steele's words were.
       "Now... Famine correct? You are the man Dior fancies yes?" He
       questioned, trying to speak in a comforting tone. "You will have
       to come and stay in my quarters with me for me to keep you in
       particular safe... if you are in physical contact with me or
       withing my private space... even Albert himself can't touch
       you... I can't force you to accept my help... but I know they
       have done horrible things to you in the past... I only have the
       one bed, so I hope you don't mind sharing." Sébastien explained.
       Hoping this arrangement would be agreeable. His power withing
       this space was limited to his patients and his belongings. He
       could sometimes push it if he pit himself in physical danger,
       like forcing them to try and take Famine from him.
       ---
       "See, I think you are doing your missions the hard way if you
       aren't using your looks to your advantage mon ami, though, i
       will be *deeply* enjoying our downtime together." Désirée mused
       as her smirk widened when he answered her question, a thrill
       running up her body being amplified by the slap to her rear
       before she settled to sit on the man's face as requested.
       "I won't make it easy," she teased playfully as her eyes
       darkened with want.
       ---
       The emotion that broke out of the man's face broke River's
       heart. The name River, it sounded right. His supposed boyfriend
       seemed to be trying to compose himself and not cry.The deep
       emotions on the guy's face had River believing him. "I.... I
       believe.... but... I... I don't... I don't remember
       anything...." He said softly, trying not to hurt the man more.
       "I'm sorry...." He added feeling a wave of unexpected guilt
       form.Rebel struggled to keep his eyes open, catching bits and
       pieces of Rachel's verbal attack made his head  and heart hurt.
       He hated hearing her so upset. He wished there was something he
       could do to help her.
       Rebel finally relaxed when Rachel got in to cuddle up against
       him. "Thanks, hopefully I'll sleep without any bad dreams," he
       mumbled.
       The warmth of her body and her so close soon eased him off into
       a restful sleep.
       -----
       "Most of the people I go up against aren't into rugged good
       looking guys, Angel," Knuckles pointed out.
       He chuckled against her pussy at the teasing and began eating
       her out eagerly. His tongue shoved deep inside, stroking her
       vagina, his hands moving to hold her ass, squeezing it
       hard.Famine sat to hear the good doctors words.”I’ll take it..”
       he said and his face fell.”i can’t take that pain again.”he
       admitted.
       Time passed a few weeks, shortly after would Rachel be in her
       own room. Visits of William came around on time each day  when
       Alice wasn’t involved. The poking and probing and questions she
       refused to answer. The two only solaces was her cat and rebel
       once he was put in the same wing.
       She was sleeping soundly as hiro curled near her face her dark
       hair grown since then. It was longer and wavy much like how her
       mother’s was.
       —-
       Finding out river could not remember him was devastating for
       Daevon, after attempting by talking- he took Rachel’s advice in
       just making him fall all over again for him. The man would do
       things to be romantic the best way he knew how, even managing to
       coax the man to bed with him a few times. His body was wrapped
       in cuddling sheets as he snored clutching river a bit tightly as
       if he was afraid if he’d let go- he’d vanish.
       —-Alice unlike the rest faired well, only being away from war
       for several days. But once she got back to the man did she
       refuse to leave his side. Her paranoia of protecting their child
       started to show as she would even shun away from wars even most
       loyal men- the woman convinced everyone trying to take her child
       from her.
       Overtime did she manage to calm down with Dior’s help the only
       other person she stayed close to. William proved to be a
       different kind of monster. He left James to handle things
       knowing he’d take things full circle but he’d have his results.
       The morning had rolled and the woman was in the shower after
       being sure there was no one but war around. The flowers around
       the outside of his room her comfort knowing the girl that had
       been brought in long ago-was making sure no one came without
       telling war.
       Famine managed to visit with the doctors help after to see Dior.
       His feelings mixed as he tried to decide just how to tell Dior
       about his feelings for the man. He never understood this poly
       thing- especially since he saw how Tobias and death drew close
       on their own through grief of Jun.
       But he never thought the kind of rage he’d witness when death
       saw jun’s black eye when returned to him. His response? Telling
       tank to give the man every thing he had done to Jun right back.
       He too had a talk with Rachel when he took her to her room-
       hearing how she spoke and how he’d lose his family if he
       continued acting submissive hung over his head.. the nail being
       her words that never left his mind.”you told me once to forget
       my aunt as she isn’t herself.. will you act as if she died if
       she forgets you?”
       He sat in what was now their room. Tobias was showering away,
       and him looking for once naked and not bothering to get dressed
       as he laid there.
       #Post#: 1278--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 7:53 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Rebel was finally able to relax over the next month, his broken
       leg finally on the mend. While he had a few nightmares, they
       slowly petered off. He went through a cycle of chemotherapy,
       which wasn't fun, but seemed to be working much to his relief.
       His HIV could be treated with medicine, but it would be a
       lifetime of pills.
       Being moved from the hospital wing and close to Rachel was one
       of the better changes at the end of the month. Though his first
       night in his room he snuck into Rachel's and slept in the floor
       next to her bed. It was a practice that he'd turn into a habit.
       ------
       War had cleaned up the mess he'd made and replaced what he'd
       destroyed. Then made sure to follow the orders he got, making
       sure Albert and William believed he wasn't plotting against
       them. He was relieved that Alice was returned a few days later
       and made sure to spend every spare moment he could with her.
       When he had to leave, he made sure Tank kept a close eye on the
       woman he was falling in love with.
       Having Dior there to keep her from panicking, proved more than
       helpful. War made a point to always call and talk with Alice
       when he could. The sound of her voice reminded him of what his
       end game was. He'd rather suffer the distance now, then not
       getting to be there when their baby was born.
       When he finally was able to get home, he meant to keep her in
       his arms for as long as he could. It was this dream, this mental
       image that kept him going and go through bloody battles.
       ------
       Dior's time away seemed to go by a bit slower than normal, their
       activities severely limited unlike before.
       There was no time to go off grounds, or any dates alone with
       Famine. Most of their time was spent with Alice or helping Jun
       after she spent a session with James.
       At least with their Doctor friend's help they did get to see
       Famine. Only it seemed as though the man was much more awkward
       around him now.
       "Famine, please just tell me what's going on with you. I care
       about you, I'm not going anywhere,"Dior finally blurted out near
       the end of the month.------
       Tank had spent the majority of his time keeping an eye on April
       and those kept at the mansion. It had pissed him off that Jun
       had been trying subjected to James' evil machinations.
       Every spare moment, he'd be toying with James. First with
       comments here and there. Then stalking the man, making him hyper
       paranoid. Seeing poor Jun's face and hearing about what she'd
       gone through at the doctor's hands had made incensed him.
       Getting Death's go ahead to return the favor, had made him quite
       eager to do so. The ass deserved everything coming to him.
       So he plotted and set up a space, and a trap for James. On a
       random morning, after toying with him yet again: he scared James
       towards the snare trap that was waiting for the doctor.
       -----
       Knuckles and Desiree spent a good week enjoying one another's
       bodies before the thief got a secret heist to pull. Knuckles was
       more than happy to help her plot out how to pull it off, and
       took her out to get her a new suit and more equipment.
       The month progressed with more jobs, some in exotic places, and
       some Albert was unaware of. Having War's orders to see to; they
       slowly started crippling Albert's backers.
       "So we've got a few days before we head back, anywhere special
       you want to eat?" Knuckles asked, pressing Desiree down into the
       sheets of their hotel room and nuzzling her bare stomach. "Or
       should we get room service?"----
       General Hiroto had gotten orders to go out to deal with a
       conflict in the middle east, much to his annoyance. He soon was
       bogged down and trapped in a bunker; fighting for his life.
       When he finally fought his way out, he ended up getting hit by a
       sniper's bullet, which blew out his knee. While treated the
       moment he got back, it was looking like he'd be losing his
       leg.James was minding his business for the morning doing his
       work trying to not let tank get in the way of what he was doing.
       When he thought he was alone- ended up being jump scared by the
       man into running away. He didn’t know how this man did it, but
       he swore for the man’s size he was damn faster than he was
       before the trap snagged him and watched the world go upside
       down.
       William who was making his way to Rachel’s room paused granted
       briefly.”please help! “ he asked as the man sighed.”just give it
       up and give the man what he wants- he might leave you alone.”
       Said William as he swung the man out of his way to walk out the
       door.”rosecroft! Don’t you dare! “ he called out.”don’t leave me
       alone please..” he said his voice feeling a bit out of sorts. He
       heard a noise and made a face.
       ——Famine was still mulling in his head on how to tell Dior how
       he felt when the nurse promoted the conversation
       himself.”a..I..” he said and sighed.”okay it’s not you, it’s
       just.. your friend saved me a ways back from being through the
       wringer.. and been sleeping in his bed.. I think I like him
       too..” he said with a breath out.”I just didn’t know how to tell
       you, or if you would be a thing for poly.. well mean.. if you
       felt the same for your friend.Tank had been hiding in the
       shadows near the trap, about to pounce on James when William had
       showed up. He tensed slightly then held back a chuckle at the
       man's response to James' pleas for help. Though there wasn't any
       reason for him to stop terrorizing the doctor anytime soon.
       He came out of the shadows quietly and pulled out his huge Bowie
       knife and pushed the dangling man around to face him. The man
       was suspended high enough to be just under eye level.
       "Hello there James," he spoke in a low tone, giving the man a
       rather creepy grin. "You've been a nasty dirty man, and now
       you're going to get your punishment,"
       Tank trailed the Bowie knife slowly down, slicing the man's
       shirt open, just barely scraping the blade against the man's
       pale skin.
       "Such beautiful porcelain skin," he murmured. "I'm surprised
       it's unmarked." He drew a few lines over the man's body before
       sliding the knife into his belt.
       Tank pulled out a roll of duct tape and firmly pressed it over
       his mouth.  Then pulled out a thick Paracord that he used to
       wind in a figure 8 around the man's wrists 3 times before tying
       it tightly in three hefty knots.
       "Now I can show you my new playroom," he purred, feeling quite
       excited about having his fun. He cut the man down and tossed
       James over one shoulder and slapped his ass a bit on the hard
       side.
       Using the hidden secret ways through the place, he arrived at
       the room he'd taken over. Inside was a metal table with straps,
       and an assortment of his favorite toys and tools. Tank laid the
       man down and lifted the bound wrists up, chaining them to the
       table.
       Whistling to himself, Tank began cutting off James' clothes,
       leaving him in only his  underwear. He quickly tied the man's
       legs down before he could be kicked.
       "Now then, let me hear you sing for me pretty one," he purred
       pulling the tape off of James' mouth.----
       Dior had been aware that Sebastien had used his influence to
       keep Famine from James' and William's reach and had been quite
       grateful. They felt a slight flare of jealousy when Famine said
       they'd been sleeping in the same bed.
       It took them a long moment to think over Famine's confession of
       having feelings for Sebastien.
       "While we're friends, I have to admit, I have crushed on
       Sebastien for a long time. So I do understand you having
       feelings for him. He's pretty amazing, right? I don't really
       know how poly relationships work. I feel like it could be
       something we can try. I have no clue how Sebastien or his lover
       would feel about it though. I suppose we could ask at least."
       Dior moved into Famine's arms sighing a little. "Just...can we
       have our first time just be us? I've been thinking about it for
       awhile now. I kind of want to be your first, if that's
       okay,"James made a wide eyed look. “Rosecroft! “ he started
       yelling to swallow hard at the words given.”what?” he said his
       anxiety crawling up before he was taken away.
       ——-
       Famine felt relief as he heard Dior explain how he felt and the
       idea of them being in that sort of relationship made him a bit
       excited.”thank you.. honestly would of told you sooner about
       sleeping in the doctors room.. is that his name? Kinda
       sophisticated.” He said to chuckle. The last part that came
       brought a soft look to his face.”honestly I don’t mind you being
       my first.. I prefer it..” he said honestly.”I just.. know your
       touch best and I feel you’d be careful.” He said and blushed. He
       snuggled the nurse in his arms to give him a soft kiss.Tank had
       tsked at the man's protests, not about to let the man go until
       he'd executed every bruise and act James had done to Jun. The
       sweet sound of the man's pained whimper had only turned him on.
       Not that James had noticed.
       "Now now, don't you know that's my specialty? Turning straight
       men into cock lovers?  By the time I'm done with you, you'll be
       begging for my cock,"
       Tank reached down to rip the other's underwear off and then
       slapped James'sl in the face. He held back enough that the slap
       would only stun the man and not knock him out.
       Tanks hands moved over James' body, boldly exploring every inch.
       Then just barely wetting a finger before pushing it into the
       man's ass.
       "Just like I thought, very uptight,"
       -----
       Dior let out a groan, realizing that he probably shouldn't have
       shared the doctor's name without asking. He'd thought Sebastien
       would have told Famine by now.
       "So umm, don't tell anyone his name, promise me. He prefers to
       not having everyone know. I goofed up there. It's okay, he's
       been keeping you safe from those nasty doctors,"
       Dior's face flushed a bit when Famine said he'd wanted them to
       be first as well. "So you want to bottom and top?" They asked, a
       little surprised.
       "I've actually haven't ever topped before," Dior said softly,
       feeling a bit vulnerable admitting it.
       Dior relaxed more, melting under Famine's kiss.Famine blinked,
       to blush a bit. “Yeah… but only if you want to.” He said.  His
       head tilted at Dior. “I’ve done neither in my life.. but least I
       get one of your firsts.” He teased lightly as the clothing began
       to be tugged softly as his mouth went to Dior’s neck.
       ——-
       William made his way to Rachel’s room not bothering knocking as
       he came in. Rachel woke up to rub the sleep from her eyes. She
       saw his face looking toward the floor, to peep over.”oh rebel..”
       she said to rock his shoulder.”I told you could crawl in bed
       with me.” She said a strap of her nightgown sliding a bit.
       William made his sigh.”I hope you’re intact still.” She heard to
       glare.”Like I am gonna tell you anything.. just get it over
       with.” She said as he circled the other side of the bed to sit
       with another vial. He took another sample and took a shot to
       watch him go and the door shut as she went back to try to wake
       him up.Tank felt oddly annoyed at the silence that followed the
       slap. It was much more enjoyable hearing the man begging and
       crying. With the room being completely sound proofed James could
       be as loud as he wanted.
       Tank chuckled at the threat, not In the least but worried. "If
       he can find me, he's welcome to try. However there's no one as
       good at hiding like I am. I'm a master of camouflage. I bet you
       didn't even realized I've watched you in your shower, or watched
       you sleeping in those adorable blue sleeping pants you like so
       much,"
       Tank pushed his finger in further, humming a song softly. Once
       he felt the man's body relax enough he start thrusting his
       finger in and out a bit on the rough side.
       "Did you enjoy forcing yourself on Jun? Was it worth it? I'm not
       ending this session until I can return the deed. You're lucky
       I'm not a complete sadist. If I was, I'd just take you without
       any sort of stretching. You should be thankful for that."
       Tank leaned down to spit on another finger and added that one
       inside as well, his movements getting a bit faster.
       -----
       Dior reached up to caress Famine's pink cheek, and looked him
       lovingly in the eyes. "Oh I do, I want to do everything with you
       Famine,"
       "It's been long enough, it'll probably feel like my first time."
       Dior admitted.
       Dior's hands worked open Famine's shirt, their head falling to
       the side as lips covered their neck. "Oh yes, more," they
       murmured happily.
       All rational thoughts fled as desire and need filled Dior's
       body.
       -----
       Rebel let out a moan of protest at the sensation of being rocked
       out of his slumber.
       "Gimme five more minutes gorgeous," he mumbled.
       Had he heard what William had said, Rebel would have defended
       Rachel.
       He finally woke when she shook him again and sleepily rubbed his
       eyes. In doing so, the blanket he'd had covered up in fell down,
       exposing his bare chest.
       He'd started overheating and getting night sweats after starting
       chemo. So sleeping without a shirt had become a habit.Tank felt
       oddly annoyed at the silence that followed the slap. It was much
       more enjoyable hearing the man begging and crying. With the room
       being completely sound proofed James could be as loud as he
       wanted.
       Tank chuckled at the threat, not In the least but worried. "If
       he can find me, he's welcome to try. However there's no one as
       good at hiding like I am. I'm a master of camouflage. I bet you
       didn't even realized I've watched you in your shower, or watched
       you sleeping in those adorable blue sleeping pants you like so
       much,"
       Tank pushed his finger in further, humming a song softly. Once
       he felt the man's body relax enough he start thrusting his
       finger in and out a bit on the rough side.
       "Did you enjoy forcing yourself on Jun? Was it worth it? I'm not
       ending this session until I can return the deed. You're lucky
       I'm not a complete sadist. If I was, I'd just take you without
       any sort of stretching. You should be thankful for that."
       Tank leaned down to spit on another finger and added that one
       inside as well, his movements getting a bit faster.
       -----
       Dior reached up to caress Famine's pink cheek, and looked him
       lovingly in the eyes. "Oh I do, I want to do everything with you
       Famine,"
       "It's been long enough, it'll probably feel like my first time."
       Dior admitted.
       Dior's hands worked open Famine's shirt, their head falling to
       the side as lips covered their neck. "Oh yes, more," they
       murmured happily.
       All rational thoughts fled as desire and need filled Dior's
       body.
       -----
       Rebel let out a moan of protest at the sensation of being rocked
       out of his slumber.
       "Gimme five more minutes gorgeous," he mumbled.
       Had he heard what William had said, Rebel would have defended
       Rachel.
       He finally woke when she shook him again and sleepily rubbed his
       eyes. In doing so, the blanket he'd had covered up in fell down,
       exposing his bare chest.
       He'd started overheating and getting night sweats after starting
       chemo. So sleeping without a shirt had become a habit."Morning,"
       he mumbled giving Rachel a sleepy smile. "Did you sleep
       well?"Famine blushed a bit as he felt his shirt open as he
       slowly got into things, their mouths molding as clothing got
       lost, with diors help and his hot mouth did famine get hard
       enough, the tongue swirling and more as he moaned out.”think I’m
       ready for you if you are for me.” He said anticipating wondering
       how it would feel to be in Dior.
       ——
       Her eyes fell on his chest as she blushed a bit. Rebel was
       certainly an eyeful for her. But despite it, what stopped her
       was the thought of Bobby. Having had crushed on the man and
       confessed- wanted more than anything to give her firsts to.
       “Well enough.. but really you can get in bed with me- being on
       the floor you’re just inviting to get sick again.” Said the dark
       haired girl. She slid to the edge of her bed her legs dangling
       and showing off her legs. She slid off as the gown settled at
       her thighs.”come on least sit on the bed.” She said before she
       went to shuffle for clothing and a much needed shower.The man's
       pleas, bargaining and offer of a bribe fell on deaf ears. He
       felt no sympathy for the man, especially after reading the
       reports of what James had done over the years. Young men, women,
       even children had been his victims, and that pissed Tank off.
       By now he had three fingers thrusting deep inside of James. He
       stopped momentarily to adjust the table which maneuvered the
       doctor towards him and pulled his legs further apart for better
       access.
       "Looks ready to me," he said more to himself and pulled away to
       get himself ready.
       He pulled his monster cock out of his pants, and moved forwards,
       shoving inside in one quick thrust. He let out a rather deep
       groan, loving how tight of a fit James was.
       "Damn, doesn't that feel amazing,"
       Then he began ruthlessly fucking James' ass, pushing one of his
       fingers into the man's mouth.
       ----
       Dior was more than ready to get things started. They'd been
       dreaming and imagining how amazing it would be for weeks and
       weeks now. Clothes were strewn and tossed away, and they eagerly
       moved to pleasure and suck on Famine's cock. He tasted even
       better, making Dior moan happily. Dior used every skill they'd
       learned to please their love's body.
       "Mmm...not quite yet," Dior purred back and used their tongue
       and slender fingers to slowly loosen their ass for much more
       pleasure. Soft moans escaped Dior's mouth until they pulled the
       fingers free and moved to slowly slide them self down onto
       Famine's cock.
       Dior leaned down to kiss Famine deeply, as they started riding
       the man, starting out slow. "Gods, you feel Soo good inside me,"
       Dior groaned out.
       ----Rebel noticed her reddening cheeks but didn't think he was
       the cause.
       "Just didn't want to make you uncomfortable," Rebel replied
       yawning. "It's not that big of a bed,"
       His blue eyes flickered to her shapely legs and admired them
       until she invited him to sit on the bed.
       "All right, I'll sit," he agreed and got up to sit after she'd
       moved across the room.
       If his mind didn't keep going to poor Bobby laying in a coma, he
       might not keep his distance from Rachel. He'd started having
       deeper feelings for her during his recovery. It almost felt
       wrong, knowing how much she missed and worried about Bobby.
       His eyelids got heavier and heavier by the moment, until his
       body slumped into the soft bed. It didn't take long for him to
       fall back to sleep, making soft snoring sounds.James gave into
       the pleasure. Secretly he began to like it.
       ——-
       Famine made a small whimper of want as Dior took more time to be
       sure and accommodating before feeling the impale famine groaned
       hotly at how tight they felt. He bucked noticeably.”you feel
       tight..” he moaned.”and so sexy on top of me..” he said his
       hands roaming up as they continued their passionate lovemaking
       his noises growing.”little faster..” he said begging a
       little.Tank continued fucking James for as long as he lasted,
       which with his stamina and endurance was quite a long time. His
       large hands exploring the doctor's body, in a rough teasing
       manner.
       "Mm..this body of yours is quite pleasing, I almost think I
       should keep you in here so I can do this again," he couldn't
       help but groan out, his body finally close to cuming.
       Tank took the man's cock in one hand, jacking James off to bring
       the other man to the edge with him.
       "Gotta say those moans of yours are fucking beautiful, Doc."
       Tank slammed deep inside, letting out a satisfied groan as he
       erupted, filling James' ass full. Not quite having had enough,
       he kept moving, his pace finally slowing to a stop after another
       five minutes.
       Tank moved to grasp James' throat with his huge hands, and
       licked the sweat from the side of James' jaw.
       "Gotta say, that ass of yours was pretty damn good. Might have
       to have it again soon,"  Tank growled with a lustful tone.
       He finally pulled away and cleaned himself off, taking in the
       picture that James made.
       "Oh, I nearly forgot. I still owe you a black eye,"
       He punched James hard enough to blacken his eye and knock the
       man unconscious. Then untied the man, wrapped him in a blanket
       and moved James to his room to recover.
       -----
       "I am a bit tight," Dior groaned out and let out a slight
       whimper at Famine bucking up unexpectedly.
       Feeling Famine's touch helped Dior relax a bit more, his gold
       eyes closing from the wave of pleasure building inside them.
       "Oh fuck yes," Dior moaned out, his hips and body moving faster,
       loving the feel of Famine so deep inside.
       Dior's hands wandered his lover's body, teasing And gentle as
       the roamed his chest, nipples and then back up Famine's neck.
       Their lips met again in an attempt to muffle Dior's now rather
       loud moans of pleasure. It had always been hard for Dior to be
       quiet during sex, but even more so with Famine.Famines noises
       continued as the two continued to move, his hands wandering over
       the man’s form as he played with what he could, his hand wrapped
       around Dior’s shaft as he rolled them over to kiss, his hips
       driving into the nurse. He left a few marks as he felt himself
       build up to a climax. He gasped as he came to muffle his cry
       with Dior’s mouth, or least attempted to as he rode out what
       good feeling he had.Rachel came out after a time drying her hair
       a little, she saw rebel asleep again to chuckle.”least he’s on
       the bed.” She said as she watched hiro take place on his chest
       to curl up.”keeping him warm hmm?” Said the woman as she went to
       find a brush.The following month found a new routine for
       Sébastien, he was spending more and more time with Albert's
       mother as her condition continued to decline. Any remaining time
       he had was spent tending to his other patients, mainly Robert.
       The boy had not recovered in the slightest and had slowly been
       slipping away over the last couple of months.
       This morning had began like most lately, sexualy pent up and
       cuddling with Famine because the guy had another nightmare. He
       hadn't gotten a chance to be with Nickolas in any sort of
       intimate way since he started keeping Famine with him at nearly
       all times. He got out of bed, stired Famine awake, before
       getting ready for the day. First, he dropped Famine off in his
       office to try and give the man some alone time with Dior while
       he checked on his morning rounds.
       Sadly, it seemed Robert had finally slipped away. All of his
       vitals were unreadable and were giving every indication of
       death. A soft, sad sigh left Sébastien as he covered the
       seemingly dead man's face before moving the body to the morge.
       He contemplated on how to break the news to Rachel and Rebel,
       going to Rachel's room after he left the body to go and inform
       them.
       He knocked on her bedroom door, greeting her with a sad smile.
       "I am so sorry to have to tell you this... but your friend
       Robert... he passed this morning.... you are the first to know.
       I will come and fetch you in a little while to look at him one
       last time if you want. I know you were close to him." He told
       her. Once the news was delivered, the doctor went back to the
       medical wing, informing a staff member of the recent death to
       let those who needed to know, know about the body.
       With such a tough task finished, Sébastien went into his office,
       only to get an eyeful of Famine taking Dior *on his desk*. His
       face turned scarlet red as he quickly closed the door behind
       himself and stared wide eyed. "In my office? Really?" He
       couldn't help but question, unable to take him eyes on the sexy
       sight before him.
       ---The trials of the next month were hard for Jun to bare. The
       constant assault and mental manipulation getting to her as the
       days ticked by. It had become a full month since she had gotten
       to see anyone she cared about and was becoming more and more
       temperamental, finally snaping and bitting James when he
       demanded a particularly crude act. It had earned her a punch to
       the face. Waking up to her chain on her collar being tugged as
       she was led away after being dressed in the skimpy bit of
       strappy lingerie James had allowed her to wear if he allowed
       clothes at all.
       A wave of relief washed over her as she was led to Death's room,
       barely containing herself as the guard bringing her by the
       collar knocked on the door.
       ---The time with Knuckles all to herself for a full weeks was as
       close to heaven on earth as she was pretty sure she could reach.
       She was half convinced by the end of that week that they had
       used up at least half the condoms the medical wing had in stock.
       Being out on the job with Knuckles was different to say the
       least. She was used to working alone, but soon grew accustomed
       to how reliable Knuckles was, finding herself depending on and
       trusting him more and more. A smile grew on her lips when her
       lover mentioned they had a few days before they had to be
       anywhere. She giggled as he nuzzle her tummy as her fingers
       combed through his hair. "Hmmmm take me somewhere fancy, I can
       wear a sexy dress for you for once," she teased.
       ---First, there was only the cold darkness. Nothing but a faint
       chill that kept getting colder and colder. Bobby's eyes snapped
       open as his surroundings froze, sitting up quickly having no
       memory of where he was. His stomach sank when he realized he was
       in fact in a morgue. A shiver ran through him but he gained the
       resolve to get out of here. First order of business, clothes.
       It wasn't hard to break into the store room that held extra
       clothes for the nursing staff and dawned scrubs, easily slipping
       out of the complex unnoticed. It wasn't until he was already
       long gone before anyone noticed his body was missing.
       ---
       River had been watching Daevon sleep. The past month had been
       hard on his lover. While his memories did slowly come back, he
       could see the pain his boyfriend was in. Even in this moment of
       seeming peace, the man clung to him for dear life. He hoped one
       day he could get his lover to a place he didn't need to feel so
       scared.Dior was more than ready when Famine took over, rolling
       him on his back on the desk. It seemed a switch had been turned
       on, and Dior loved the beast Famine unleashed.
       "Oh gods yes, right there, your cock feels Soo good! Oh hell
       yes!" Dior cried out, their legs tightening around Famine.
       In the throws of their passion, the door opening didn't register
       to Dior, until he heard Sebastien's voice coming from inside the
       room.
       It was the moment Dior saw the man looking that they came hard
       and let out a cry of pleasure.
       Their head rested back on the desk and Dior couldn't help but
       grin blissfully up at his friend. "Might as well come closer to
       get a better view."
       ----
       Though tempted to do more to James, Tank decided to give him a
       few days to recover. He was already thinking of what he might do
       during their next session.
       Smirking at James naked body, he pulled out a red thong and put
       it on the man before recovering him with the blanket. Whistling
       softly he stole the man's boring underwear, replacing it with
       varying styles of feminine thongs.
       He left chuckling at the thought of James forced to wear a thong
       under his clothes. Though there was the possibility the guy
       would try to go commando.
       -----
       Rebel had slept a little while longer waking at the knock on
       Rachel's door. He moved the cat off of his chest and sat up
       rubbing his eyes. Then he joined Rachel at the door, his face
       going pale at the news the good doctor relayed.
       "N-no! He can't be dead!" Rebel protested weakly.
       He wrapped Rachel in his arms, knowing her shock over the loss
       would be much worse for her.  She might even think her attempt
       with alchemy had caused it.
       ----Knuckles groaned against her skin, the fingers in his hair
       stirring him back to attention. She always had this affect on
       him. A simple touch, or look and he had to bury himself inside
       her.
       "We could try to get out," he teased, and glanced up at her.
       "If my self control is working, I might last an hour or two
       before I strip you out of it. Yeah, we can go out. Just better
       keep our distance for a little bit,"
       Knuckles forced himself to get up and pulled out a nice suit.
       "I'll call around, get a reservation. Hopefully there's
       something available,"Famine who was lost in his own orgasm, took
       a minute to register that Sebastian was in the room. His face
       turned to a bright red as he looked over at the doctor.”I-ah..
       couldn’t help it?” He said clearly flustered at being caught.
       “There’s no other safe place to do this..” he said hoping
       Sebastian wouldn’t be upset.”I swear there were no papers on the
       desk when we started.” He added.
       ——
       Rachel heard the knock to  walk over. Her mind was on visiting
       Bobby and talking to him like she had when she could.  But when
       she saw Sebastian’s face.. and the sad cordial look he bore, the
       color or what was there fled.
       She stood there silently holding the door open as the doctor
       left, her air sucked from her lungs as one hand went to the
       doorframe, the other in the knob. rebels words not quite
       registering to her as her metal hands squeezed  hard enough
       leaving a hand print by the time she shut the door. The door
       frame somewhar splintered. She felt the arms as she shook her
       head.”no he’s not. There’s no way… I did everything right.” She
       started to talk. Her breathing became erratic as panic clearly
       setting in. She pulled from rebel as she pulled her notebook
       out. She moved a false bottom of her drawer to pull it out and
       flipped through it.”there’s no way.” She said to flip to the
       page of notes and little things scribbled on the side. She had
       been sneaking research she could, switch becoming resourceful at
       times when she needed books and resources. Trying to even figure
       out what was happening to herself.  Tears slid.”I’m not gonna
       believe it till I see him.. I can’t rebel.. he said he wanted to
       stay with me.” She said her shoulders shaking greatly with
       emotion as she looked at him. “What did I do…“ she asked as she
       went back to get close. Her denial in the idea of him being
       gone.
       ——When the door swung open did a very unkempt man show. Rare for
       death. But seeing Jun immediately took off her collar and took
       her hand to draw her in for a hug. “Hey now! You’re not the only
       one been waiting!” He said to get close. Both seeing the eye
       resulted in death making a call briefly to tank from the phone
       before meeting back. Of course Tobias beat him into kissing her
       first. “My love.. how we missed you.” He said to hold her face
       gently,Seeing Dior cum all over himself like that and inviting
       the doctor to get a closer to get a better look at them had
       Sébastien's body reacting *strongly*. He stared for several
       moments longer before letting out a heavy sigh as he scrubbed
       his face with his hand, trying to compose himself. "Next time
       just use the bedroom and not my desk please...." He said trying
       to keep himself from continuing to stare. It was a struggle.
       "Please get dressed.... if you two need more time you can stay
       in my room for a while but I have work that needs attending...."
       He said, the sadness of loosing a patient resurfacing. Sébastien
       never handled loosing patients very well, and those close to him
       could always pinpoint when such an occasion happened.
       ---
       The collar was discarded in an instant before a disheveled Death
       pulled her gently into the room, hugging her close before Tobias
       joined in the affection. She blushed dark at the seemingly
       playful complaint of Tobi before he took her face in his hands
       and kissed her deeply while Death made a call seeming quite
       angry.
       "I missed you both two...." Jun said softly, relaxing for the
       first time since she was taken from the men. "What do you two
       have to do today?" She questioned, hoping to not be left on her
       own after being apart for so long.
       ---
       A giggled chimed from Désirée at Knuckles seeming teasing about
       his self control. "Mmmmm don't tell me that, then I will just
       spend all evening teasing you," she teased as she got up from
       the bed and went over to the closet to pull out a golden dress
       with high slits up the sides. The perfect mix of sexy and
       elegant to drive her lover man with want.
       It didn't take her long to slip on the slinky number before
       putting on heels and jewelry and finally going into the bathroom
       to do her hair and makeup. She came out all dolled out. A look
       she typically reserved for seducing targets put on just for
       him.Dior's pleasure high fell seeing the struggle their friend
       was going through. Once Famine drew back, Dior pulled their
       clothes on quickly and moved towards the doctor, a concerned
       look on their face.
       "Sebastien, I know that look. Tell me who it was. Is there
       anything I can do to help you? Do you want Steele here?"
       Any thoughts Dior had of more fun was gone, knowing how hard
       Sebastien felt the loss of losing a patient. They weren't going
       to leave him to deal with it on his own.
       ----Rebel could only feel numbness, and a bit of regret that
       he'd never got a real chance with Bobby. He couldn't really
       understand much of what Rachel was saying, his hearing seeming
       to fade in and out.
       It was her tears that pulled him out of the shock and moving to
       pull her into his arms. "It's not your fault, don't ever think
       that," he said brushing her tears away with the bottom of his
       T-shirt.
       -----"you know I don't mind the teasing," Knuckles purred with a
       wink.
       It took a few calls until he found a very nice place to take
       Desiree. "You like French food right?" He called out and started
       to get into his nice suit.
       When she finally came out, knuckles' eyes roamed over her body
       slowly. "Damn you look gorgeous. You ever thought of having sex
       in public places? Cause I doubt we'll make it back before I'm
       peeling that dress off if you,"-----
       War felt antsy the first moment they arrived back at the
       mansion. He held it in during his report to Albert, got the go
       ahead to have Alice back. Not wanting to wait for the mob guards
       to bring her, he headed to her room.
       Inside he found her still sleeping. He leaned down to kiss her
       forehead and then gently lifted her into his arms.
       The trip to his room was quick, due to the sharp glared he gave
       to anyone that tried to stop him.
       War settled Alice on his bed, moving to curl up behind her,
       gently brushing her hair out of her face. "I missed you so
       much," he whispered and kissed her brow gently. Then he lay
       there watching her sleep.Famine turned bright red at being
       caught in the act by the doctor. He shuffled to get himself to
       dress as he handed things to dior.”sorry.. it was in the
       moment..” he admitted.
       Of course when Dior went to asking who someone was
       blinked.”what’s wrong?” He asked as he saw the doctors
       face.”I’ll try to find Steele.. think things died down enough
       for me to move around.” He admitted. The man was awkward with
       empathy, and still had a lot to learn as he went to do just
       that.
       Steele was working on things , making a leg for the general. He
       planned on cleaning the assholes bank account after learning
       what he did. To do that meant the leg needed to fall apart at
       times. He heard a knock at the door to open and see famine. He
       made a face at the man before hearing.”ah… dollface might need
       you.” He said using the nickname he heard the man use. He
       watched Steele walk out as he decided he would follow back as
       well.
       ——-
       “Not much, just paperwork.” Said death.”since your here.. wanna
       clean up and come to town with us? Maybe grab a meal before we
       grab what we need.” Said Tobias.”and replace the dress.” He said
       his eyes dipping down at what she’s wearing. “Maybe get that
       little number off.. “ he said to pull her in.”and a shower with
       me?” He asked as death interjected.”no I should be the one..” he
       started as their disagreement showed.
       ——
       Rachel just cried as she moved her glasses to feel his shirt
       wiping her tears. She pushed the hand away from what couldn’t
       just stop to just wrap her arms around rebels neck. Her
       shoulders shaking as she tried to calm down.
       ——
       Alice stirred from her sleep almost seemed jumpy till she saw
       war. Her body curled immediately closer.”no more pokes and
       prodding?” She asked hopeful. The samples the swabs and more
       wore her out. She didn’t want to go back.
       ——
       Daevon slowly woke up on his own, slowly licking his mouth of
       thirst.”morning..” he mumbled to move slowly, his back making a
       pop sound as he stretched.”really should stop slouching.”He
       commented to look at River.”sorry for hugging you like a bear”
       he said to chuckle. “Can’t y longer cuddle:” he said.
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       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 8:04 pm
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       Seeing the pair rush to get dressed would have been comical
       under most circumstances, but the task he would have to do
       within the next hour would be a heartbreaking one. It was the
       hardest part of his jib if he were honest. Dior seemed to know
       what was wrong from the jump, asking who it had been and what
       they could do to help. They even mentioned Steele. It seemed
       Famine made the executive decision to go and get the mentioned
       man, excusing himself leaving him and Dior alone for a moment.
       "It was Robert.... his friends are devastated.... I will be
       bringing them to see the body here shortly.... I just... need a
       breather in my office first...." Sébastien explained as he
       leaned his back against the wall next to the office door.
       ---
       A skeptical expression came to Jun's features at the mention of
       doing 'just paperwork' judging by the marks up and down both
       men's bodies, or at least what she could see of them. An air of
       normalcy seemed to strike as Tobias suggested going out to
       dinner once she was cleaned up, even suggesting replacing the
       dress James had ruined. The pull in had her stomach fluttering
       with those butterflies her husband always seemed to invoke.
       Then came the suggestive flirt as Tobi pulled her in as he
       suggested they shower together. At this point Death had a
       complaint of *who* got to shower with her. "You... could both
       shower with me..." She suggested softly, having missed both men
       deeply, she wasn't ready to be away from either.
       ---
       A laugh escaped Désirée at Knuckles' question on if she liked
       French food. She smirked to herself as she answered him in her
       native language. *"Ohhhh I don't know, I may have sampled a dish
       or two, but I've never really 'tried' it,"* she teased.
       Her perfectly manicured eyebrow raised at her lover's question.
       "I've more than thought about it," she said, smirking even wider
       at the man. Tonight would be exciting.
       ---
       A soft smile crossed River's lips as Daevon began to wake up,
       greeting him with a sleepy mumbled morning."Yeah, should really
       work on your posture," he teased as he slowly rubbed the part of
       the man's back he suspected was sore from working on vehicles.
       "I don't mide being cuddled by my sexy bear, we can cuddle for
       as long as you want," he mused as he kissed his lover's neck to
       help rouse him awake."a patient died," Dior told Famine in a low
       voice. They gave a grateful look to him when Famine said they'd
       find Steele. "Thanks,"
       Dior moved to put a comforting hand on Sebastien's shoulder and
       patiently waited until the doctor felt comfortable to tell him
       who had passed. Their heart dropped and ached knowing Rebel and
       Rachel had to be in a great deal of pain at the news. "I'm so
       sorry. I'd like to go as well, if that's all right. Can I make
       you some tea? Or maybe get you a bit of scotch?"
       ------Rebel wrapped his arms around Rachel, patting her back as
       he held her close. There weren't really any words he could think
       of saying. The least he could do was to just be there for her,
       and try to think the loss would eventually hurt less. That was
       probably a long way off.
       ------
       War bit his tongue, keeping his eyes soft even though Alice's
       fear had his mood shifting into dangerous waters. His arms
       wrapped around her, and he stroked up her back gently.
       "I'll have a talk with William about that. I feel like they've
       been overdoing their tests. How are you feeling? Is there
       anything you want or need? I'm not sure how much time I'll have
       off. Maybe a week or so at most,"
       War moved to press a kiss to her lips and gently moved one hand
       to skim over her stomach, thinking of the baby growing
       inside.Knuckles' left eyebrow arched hearing the stunning woman
       speaking in perfect French. It took him a few moments to
       translate what she'd said. `"I should have realized I had
       snagged myself a French babe,"` he replied back. "I can't wait
       to show you off, shall we head out, mademoiselle?" He asked
       offering her an arm.
       He escorted her out of their room down to the town car he'd
       ordered to take them to the restaurant. He helped her in and
       walked around to get in the other side, not wanting her to mess
       up her dress trying to slide over. Once seated, his hand moved
       to run up her bare leg.
       `"I have to say, this is by far my favorite dress you own. It
       showcases these great legs of yours perfectly,"` he
       praised.Death blushed a bit.”alright..” he mumbled a bit as the
       trio went in. Death went to start the shower as Tobias gotten
       the brush to start with the woman’s hair. He use to do this
       plenty for her in the past. He worked at detangling what he
       could gently and with some guidance her tail, once they got her
       in the shower though, their hands did the work at washing,
       granted the groping and sliding hands in places on her was
       clear. Their attention was on her at the moment and trying to
       get her to relax.
       ——-
       Daevob groaned at the run to his Lower back. While River didn’t
       remember everything- his cousins advice had worked in getting
       the man to fall for him again in the least. The kiss to the neck
       earned a smile.”mmm.. keep doing that.. I am going to have to
       ride you..” he flirted at the man his side eye looking at him
       before his mouth took rivers.
       ——
       Alice felt the arms and the gentle stroke. The idea of war
       talking with William had her on edge.”I.. am okay.. but I want
       grapes.. “ she said honestly.
       His lips and his hand was the only thing keeping her calm after
       learning he’d only be there a short time. The last thing she
       wanted was that to happen as she feared william taking that
       opportunity to do more stuff.
       ——-
       Famine knocked on steeles door at first. He waited a bit before
       he got a bit impatient as he could hear him working away on
       stuff. He ended up opening the door to Steele shirtless and
       working to blush a bit. He shook his head a bit to tap him on
       the shoulder to see the protective eye covering coming off and
       him about to say something to see famine.” Dollface needs you.”
       He said quietly.”he lost a patient.” He finished as he watched
       Steele drop what he was doing  to grab a shirt. The two making
       their way back to the doctors office, with Steele looking
       worried.
       ——
       James finally came to, as he sat up to wince a little at his
       face. He sighed to get up and out of bed to look for underwear
       after discovering a thong on himself to see a lot.He quietly
       went white.”that’s not good..” he mumbled looking around till he
       found at least one pair of boxers that gotten mixed in with his
       sock drawer.”like hell I’m wearing that..” he mumbled as he got
       dressed to hear his phone go off.
       He heard William on the other end.”yeah..I’ll be right there..
       *if* you get me down next time- I don’t know if tank will try
       that again..” he said his voice shaking.
       *whatever just get down here.. I think I know a workaround with
       Daevon.. granted the general may not be happy- but if it works
       we would have a second body of proof that the method that
       happened to my daughter worked.”* he heard.”be right there..” he
       said quietly to open the door rather slowly to look around and
       see… no tank. He let off a breath of relief as he clearly took
       precaution for each way he went right into the forbidden wing.
       Security was clearly more tight now and a woman stood by William
       talking. “I’m here.. sorry I took so long.” Said James.
       The dark haired woman looked at James with contempt.”I don’t
       know why you keep using him, the man’s tempermental and he’s
       already beaten the girl, not to mention he let Jun of all people
       live for his dirty selfish desires.” Said the woman.
       “Legion..” he said to take her hand.”calm yourself..he’s still
       good as a foot man.” He said to turn as she huffed to turn, her
       dark hair swayed a little bit.”just keep an eye on the rest..
       last thing we need is anyone catching on.” He said as legion
       sighed.”as you wish.” She murmured to walk off.The comfort Dior
       offered got an appreciative look from Sébastien. "I dont mind if
       you come as well, some scotch would be great...." He answered,
       moving to his chair once Dior moved to get the requested drink.
       By the time Steele and Famine returned, the doctor was slowly
       sipping on the glass of scotch with a rather miserable look on
       his features.
       ---
       A wide grin cane to Jun's lips hearing Death agree to showering
       together, the two men guiding her to the bathroom. Feeling
       Tobias fuss with her hair, brushing it out and dealing with all
       the pesky knots. It was a relaxing sensation that brought her
       back to a time before, when it was just the two of them. The man
       even went as far as brushing out her tail before pulling her
       into the shower.
       Their soapy hands roamed and caressed her body in a way it had
       long missed. The gentle, loving way her husband and lover teased
       and groped her as they got her clean had her relaxing even
       farther. Soft moans escaping her as she leaned on the man behind
       her.
       ---
       A sweet laugh left Désirée as her lover responded in French back
       to her. She took his arm smiling wide. "Can't wait to be shown
       off." She responded, allowing him to guide her to the waiting
       car before they both got settled in. She couldn't help the
       slight shiver that ran through her as Knuckles caressed her leg
       as he praised the dress as his favorite. *"I thought you might
       like it,"* she mused as her hand roamed just inside of his suit
       coat. He looked amazing all cleaned up.
       ---
       "Don't threaten me with a good time..." River purred back,
       gladly kissing his boyfriend deeply as he pressed his lover into
       the bed, deepening the kiss even further.War could sense Alice's
       unease at his mention of William. There had to be something he
       could do to put some distance between the doctor and Alice.
       Perhaps he could request a change of doctors. He could point out
       that the more stress Alice was under would be bad for their
       child. That would more than likely be enough to sway Albert's
       mind.
       "Any kind of grapes? I'll get someone to bring some up for you."
       He was silent for the moment it took him to text Tank and ask
       for the fruit and a protein shake for himself.
       "I know my being away was rough on you. I'm working on a plan so
       I can get you and our baby away from here. I wish I could do it
       without you feeling abandoned. I'm sorry to put you through
       that," war murmured into her ear.
       -----
       Dior nodded at Sebastien and moved to grab the doctor's hidden
       bottle of scotch and poured two fingers into a thick glass and
       handed it over.
       While the doctor slowly worked on the scotch, Dior fluttered
       around reorganizing the office. They took a moment to spray down
       and clean off the desktop too. It was the proper thing to do
       after having defiled it.
       Seeing the mountain sized Steele looking worried, had Dior
       moving to pull Famine back out. "let me know when you're ready,
       Famine and I will be in the supply closet organizing,"
       Then Dior led their lover out, leaving the two alone. "We don't
       actually have to organize, but probably smart to keep it pg 13
       for now."----
       "Did I surprise you?" Knuckles asked, rather enjoying how her
       laugh had lit up her entire face.
       Having spent so much one on one time with Desiree had made their
       bond grow deeper over the last few weeks. A part of him felt
       like he might have finally found his perfect match.
       `"Like it? I love it. I may have to get you a few more dresses.
       Maybe ones that shows off your back, and gorgeous breasts,"`
       Her hand caressing over his blue silk shirt made his eyes
       darken, desire building inside him. "You sure do like to test
       me," he said catching her hand and kissing it gently.
       "I've been thinking, you told me your real name. It's time I
       told you mine,"
       His eyes flickered up at their driver and he leaned in to
       whisper into her ear. "It's Emanuel,"Death felt the lean of Jun,
       her face the way he liked as he watched Tobias slip his hands
       over her body.”mmm.. feel like some fun after the shower..” he
       purred.”maybe try the both of us my love?”
       ——
       “Oh I threaten..” deacons said with a smirk as they parted for
       the man to figure a way to flip him over.”think I want you this
       time..” he said with a smirk as he soaked his fingers.”I’ll be
       gentle.” He said giving the man a smirk. His fingers gently
       worked at the hole, “can’t wait to see how tight this virgin ass
       feels.” He purred.
       ——-
       Alice blinked.”green.” She said to get a soft look. She listened
       quietly.” I know you’re trying your best.. William is getting
       worse.. he’s been talking to a woman I don’t know.. they think I
       was asleep but I wasn’t..” she said and got a concerned lol.”we
       may have a mole in your men war.” She said with a worried look.
       ——Steele came in to see Sebastian drinking and blinked to see
       famine pulled with Dior. He looked back at the man looking torn
       up.”I heard what happened..” he said to sit on the desk a
       little.”want to talk about it sebby?” He asked gently.
       ——
       Famine felt the drug drag the closet to blush.”h..yeah I don’t
       mind..” he said slightly bummed he couldn’t do it the other
       way.. but understandable given the circumstances in that wing.
       He learned plenty being by the doctor and started to learn some
       empathy and reading the room. He pulled Dior down in a soft
       kiss.Seeing Dior steal away Famine didn't surprise Sébastien as
       he took a long sip of his liquid courage. The glass was still
       resting against his bottom lip when Nickolas took his place on
       the desk, asking if the doctor was wanting to talk. "Maybe
       later.... I have to bring the two to see his body... just...
       trying to pull myself together...." He said softly as his eyes
       looked at Steele. The robotic orbs a dull grey.
       ---
       A fresh moan left Jun as her husband toyed with her breasts. The
       mention of having fun after their shower had her feeling needy,
       especially after all this touching. A needy groan leaving her as
       she felt the hand slide down to get a handful of her ass.
       "I can have you both at the same time?" She found herself
       questioning. The idea of both men playing with her and claiming
       her *together* made her feel like her loins were on fire with
       need.
       ---
       *"You always manage to surprise me, I will gladly model any
       dress you like."* Désirée purred as her lips curled into a smirk
       at the accusation of testing the man. When he grabbed her hand
       and then kissed it, her heart felt weirdly fluttery. "Oh I
       deeply enjoy testing you," she purred before her breath hitched
       in her throat at his words before he leaned in and whispered his
       real name into her ear.
       *"like I said, always full of surprises...."* she said softly.
       She had never felt quite so touched before. She couldn't help
       but lean in and kiss the man deeply. She couldn't wait to moan
       his real name when they were alone.
       ----
       The sudden flip from holding Daevon down on the mattress to
       being the one pinned took River off guard. His eyes going wide
       at his lover claiming he wanted him. It caused a deep blush to
       cross the humuculus' cheeks. After a promise to be gentle,
       Daevon managed to fit his wet fingers inside River's virgin hole
       earning a gasp and groans from him.At first, it mostly just
       hurt, almost making him question why Daevon let him do this to
       him so often, but then the pain began to ebb away as the fingers
       pressed in deeper, hitting the perfect spot to earn a proper
       moan out of River, making himself blush even more.
       "Holy fuck," he managed to moan out, "I... don't remember you
       ever being like this! Ah!" A louder deeper moan escaping him as
       the spot was hit again.War let out a slow sigh when Alice told
       him William was getting worse. He'd suspected there might be a
       spy, and having Alice confirm it wasn't good. "I'll get out
       Switch on it. If anyone can ferret out the mole, it's him."
       It was a few minutes later when a knock sounded on the door and
       War got up to peer out the eyehole before opening the door. He
       took the food from Tank and asked him to pass the message along
       to Switch to keep an eye out for a mole. Tank's eyes darkened
       and nodded before heading off.
       "Would you like me to feed you?" War asked, retaking his spot
       and pulling Alice against him.
       ----+
       Dior knew Famine was a bit disappointed by not getting to do
       more together. After the sweet kiss, Dior pulled back and
       stroked the side of Famine's face. "We will get to have much
       more fun, I promise you. This is just the beginning."
       Dior began kissing Famine softly from corner of his mouth to the
       other and then lightly nibbled on his bottom lip. "See? Kissing
       can be fun enough,"
       ------"I've noticed that," he replied to her purred words. "It
       definitely revs me up,"
       Her smiled back at her soft reply, pulling her in closer kissing
       her back, letting his passion pour out.
       If the car hadn't stopped and the driver cleared his throat,
       Knuckles probably would have tried going further. He pulled back
       slowly, letting out a soft groan. "Guess we shall have to
       continue this later, "
       Knuckles escorted her from the car and into the restaurant.
       After they'd been seated, Knuckles ordered a red wine and they
       looked over the menu. "What looks good to you?"---
       When Tank pulled Switch aside during one of his private weight
       sessions, he had felt annoyed. The annoyance turned into disgust
       when he heard there was a mole among their men.
       "Oh I'll find whoever it is. I think I'll have the men do an
       impromptu drill session. Everyone is required to be there. 5 am
       tomorrow morning, pass it along,"
       "By everyone, do you mean War too?" Tank asked. "He looks like
       he's lost weight,"
       Switch raised an eyebrow and then sighed. "He's been working
       nonstop, barely eating any real food either. He could use a day
       off, but every one of our people will be there, no
       exceptions,"Steele took the glass and sat it down.”so the boy
       didn’t make it..” he said quietly. He knew it wouldn’t be much -
       but he did what he knew was best, he bent down and gave
       Sebastian a warm kiss.”I’ll go with you as moral support.” He
       said with a smile. Deep down he worried for the young woman.
       Seeing her taking things quietly and laying low, it felt things
       would only bubble to the surface from this point on. “Tell you
       what.. tonight I’ll cook.. nice scotch on the rocks..three
       course dinner?..” he said and put his hand on Sebastian’s.”maybe
       a nice warm relaxing bath and a cuddle after..” he said his head
       touching the doctors lightly.
       ——-
       “Steele took the glass and sat it down.”so the boy didn’t make
       it..” he said quietly. He knew it wouldn’t be much - but he did
       what he knew was best, he bent down and gave Sebastian a warm
       kiss.”I’ll go with you as moral support.” He said with a smile.
       Deep down he worried for the young woman. Seeing her taking
       things quietly and laying low, it felt things would only bubble
       to the surface from this point on. “Tell you what.. tonight I’ll
       cook.. nice scotch on the rocks..three course dinner?..” he said
       and put his hand on Sebastian’s.”maybe a nice warm relaxing bath
       and a cuddle after..” he said his head touching the doctors
       lightly.
       ——-
       “I don’t mind..” said Tobias.”but means that death  may get
       worked out..” he purred next to her ear as he gave a look to
       death who blushed.”maybe even toy with death a little since he
       shown to be receptive to me..” he teased to earn a blush out of
       the man.
       ——
       Famine gave a blush to feel the nibble on the bottom lip.”can be
       but it’s making me hard..” he said to chuckle to get back into
       making out with Dior, his mouth traveling to places as his hands
       ran over the man’s chest.
       ——
       Legion made her way to the hall her form had flipped to that of
       a blonde man tattooed up and lighting a smoke. “Yo! Smokee give
       me one?” He heard as he flicked a cigarette the man’s way. He
       heard talk about a 5 am drill.”ohhh greaaat..” said the man with
       a face. Far as anyone knew he was lazy- but good with weapons
       for this personality, he brushed his mussed hair a little as
       someone complained at the idea of getting up at the asscrack of
       dawn.”It is what it is..” said legion as his persona was known
       as Edward. His stomach growled as he blushed a bit to move for
       the dining area to get food.
       Daevon chuckled at the blush and the words given to him.
       “That’s cause you never gave me the chance to top… my turn to
       stabby ie im on top.” He teased.
       .When Steele took the glass from Sébastien, it got the doctor to
       fully look at the man. The warm kiss to his lips was a nice
       distraction from his somber thoughts. "Thank you... that sounds
       good for tonight...  I would appreciate have you so close...
       think Rachel will need you more for moral support though..." the
       doctor answered as he placed his hands on his lover's chest,
       taking what comfort he could in having him so close. "We should
       get going..." He finally said before moving out of his chair and
       headed for the closet that Famine and Dior had scurred off to.
       When he opened the door to find the two making out, Sébastien
       was far from surprised.
       "Can't keep your hands off each other can you?" He questioned
       with a raised eyebrow. "I am heading out to let Rachel and Rebel
       view the body..." He told the pair before he made his way out.
       It didn't take long to get from the medical wing to Rachel's
       room, knocking on the door and waited for an answer. "It's
       time," he told the pair when they came to the door before he led
       the group to the mourge. Sébastien hadn't expected to find the
       room empty and covered in ice. "What the hell?" The doctor
       questioned as he moved farther into the room. "He... he is
       gone...." He said when he realized Bobby's body was nowhere to
       be found.
       ---
       The Chimera couldn't help but bite her lip at the agreement of
       both of them having her at the same time.  "Really?" Jun found
       herself questioning. The idea of having both men inside of her
       just about making her shiver right then. It wasn't long before
       the two men had the feline woman dried off and hauled off to the
       bed. Their hands exploring her all the while.
       A needy groan left her as Tobias toyed with her womanhood and
       neck. His comment on how wet she was getting a new groaning moan
       out of her as she felt the fingers press inside. Then her
       husband got her onto her hands and knees before pushing inside
       of her from behind suggesting she get Death ready.The passion
       between the two grew rapidly as Désirée enjoyed Knuckles lips
       against her own. She had almost thought he would take her right
       then, but the car stopping was enough to quell the flames.
       "Guess we will," she said with a giggle as they broke apart and
       got out of the car, letting her lover lead into the high end
       restaurant where they were swiftly seated and some wine ordered.
       "The Chicken Confit looks good, though Bouillabaisse sounds
       amazing too.... hmmm do I want chicken or fish?" She answered as
       she looked over the menu.
       ----
       The blush on River's cheeks didn't get any better at what Daevon
       said about being his turn to stab. By the time his lover finally
       deemed him ready, River was about trembling with need. A pained
       gasp escaped him when his boyfriend finally pushed inside,
       praising how tight he was.
       River gripped the sheets under him as his body tried to adjust
       to this new sensation, another gasp leaving him as his lover
       began to move. The pain began to slowly wash away as the man
       thrusted in even deeper, pressing into that sweet spot the man
       had previously found with his fingers earning a deep moan out of
       River.
       As the man's pace slowly picked up, River's body relaxed more
       and more as he moaned out the man's name as he was claimed. Each
       sound seemed to encourage Daevon to fuck him harder until
       finally his lover claimed he was struggling to hold back with a
       look in his eyes River had never seen. "Then don't hold back..."
       He told his love. "Fuck me harder, please," he found himself
       saying as he was loosing himself more and more in the moment as
       his body accepted what was happening and allowing to the
       pleasure of what his lover was doing take his mind over. His
       hand even left the bedsheets to stroke himself as his boyfriend
       used his body.Dior grinned a bit, having a similar reaction to
       being so close. Later they'd have more time for intimacy.
       Soft moans came from Dior as Famine began trailing kisses over
       their face,jaw and neck. The touches from Famine's exploring
       hands was turning them on even more.
       The sound of the door opening had Dior's eyes opening and then
       blushing at Sebastien's question. "Not really," they admitted
       and then slowly pulled away to adjust their clothes and smoothed
       out their hair.
       Dior joined Sebastien, keeping a few steps behind the doctor as
       they made their way to collect Rebel and Rachel.
       Rebel wasn't sure he was ready to see Bobby laid out on a cold
       metal slab, but followed after the doctor holding Rachel's hand.
       Finding the room empty, and covered in ice was more than
       shocking. He shot a look at Rachel. "Is it possible...." He
       trailed off not sure if he should finish the thought out loud
       with the doctor and nurse there.
       Rebel leaned in to whisper. "You must have changed him. Could he
       have turned into Iceman?'
       Dior was wide eyed and had the oldest feeling go through them.
       "Perhaps we should alert someone? Have them search for him?
       Though...if he's now more than human he might not remember
       everything about who he is."
       ------Switch was aware that he needed to work fast in rooting
       out the mole. Which meant he needed to be watching the men more
       closely and interacting with them. Not that he avoided them
       normally by any means.
       Switch joined the line of men in the dining hall, the smell of
       food hitting him hard. "Edward, how are things going?" He asked
       the man in front of him.
       While he knew a little about the man, it wasn't all that much.
       Perhaps if he started with those he knew the less, he might find
       the mole sooner. He was almost certain  that this guy had been
       recruited by Knuckles, so hadn't had as much attention as those
       under his own scrutiny.
       ------
       "Get both of them, I'll finish what you can't," Knuckles
       replied. He normally ate a lot, so was thinking of getting a
       third dish as well.
       After they'd ordered their food, knuckles reached across the
       table to take her hand. "If you could go anywhere in the world,
       where would you want to go?"The two looked at each other briefly
       to lean to kiss. Death being mindful given where he was moving.
       Tobias as the began to move as their hands switched to grip
       where else, their moans matching up with junes as they leaned
       for their own hot kiss.
       ——
       Daevon heard rivers permission as his hands took  rivers , and
       removed his to replace with his own- then he leaned into the man
       as he hit harder and deeper with a feral sense of desire and
       lust. His mouth captured rivers as he explored the man’s mouth
       with his tongue enjoying the feel of the vibrations of his
       mouth. His hand worked at river as he felt himself build up. He
       allowed himself to hold back a little before he finally came and
       filled the man.
       ——‘Edward ‘ turned to switch to hear his voice.”same ol’ same
       ol’ just grabbing breakfast and griping about the five am wake
       up call.” He joked. His eyes flickered over the man a little.
       There was no doubt legion did feel the man was hot- but given
       the circumstances had to lay low.”what about you? Been noticing
       you were way busier than the norm-“ he said as he got his plate
       that was in the serving line, he gave a smile seeing his
       favorite breakfast.. eggs, with steak and some hasbrowns. He
       then went to the coffee area to make his coffee finding he
       preferred it without cream over time.
       ——
       Steele gave a soft smile.”your right.. been trying to put
       distance but it’s hard..” he admitted.”she a lot like a daughter
       to me, as daevon the hard headed son.” He said flatly.
       He watched slightly bemused from behind the doctor as famine
       looked like a deer caught in headlights with him slightly biting
       diors bottom lip. Famine quick to straighten up again flustered.
       He followed to hold the hand of Dior’s to see the red eyed
       Rachel opening the door and her hand holding rebels.. granted
       loosely as she didn’t want to break his hand by accident.
       The trek to the morgue made things feel heavy to the girl with
       each step as her mind refused quietly to feel a hand on her
       shoulder to look up at Steele.
       Once they got inside did Rachel blink.. her eyes widened quite a
       bit as famine seemed to look around.
       Rachel heard rebel.”has to be.. mean makes sense “ she mumbled
       back before she heard famine.”.. it needs to be, things like
       this hardly go unnoticed especially with queens security
       system..” Rachel heard. She tried to stifle her relief and
       excitement knowing Bobby was not just alive- but managed to get
       away. Though a small pang of sadness ran through.
       “Let this one go.” Rachel said quietly looking at famine. His
       eyes went a bit wide.”you know something don’t you?” He asked as
       she flushed.Hearing Dior's suggestion of alerting someone had
       Albert come to Sébastien mind. "You are right...." He said as he
       pulled out his phone, quickly calling the man as he walked out
       of the room to pace the hall as he spoke with the man,
       explaining that Robert had gone missing with ice everywhere. He
       was more than a little surprised that Albert said he wanted to
       see the two friends of the boy. "I will let them know." He told
       the man before hanging up and went to Rachel and Rebel.
       "So, I spoke with Albert and he wants the two of you to meet him
       in his office. I will lead you there..." He explained before he
       took the lead to guide the group to Albert's office to drop the
       two off at the door. "Be careful..." He told the two before
       heading back to his room, paging a nurse to let her know he
       would be taking the rest of the day off. He got his bottle of
       scotch out of the cabnit in his room. "Do any of you want a
       glass?" He questioned the three.
       ----
       It was easy to get lost in the pleasure as Tobias got her ready
       to take Death. It didn't take the pair long to decide she was
       ready. Jun's husband turning her around before holding her
       against him as Death pressed into her ass. She gasped at the
       sharp pain that quickly ebbed away as Tobias moved against here.
       Watching the men make out while they claimed her was more than
       enough to push her over the edge, climaxing over and over as
       they claimed her. Their names falling from her lips as they did
       so. "Yes! Oh gods yes! I feel so full!" She moaned out as she
       became more and more unraveled.
       ---"If you sure, you can certainly put away food. Starting to
       think your legs might be hollow." Désirée said in agreement to
       get both dishes. Soon their order was placed and Knuckles
       reacged over to take her hand. She couldnt help the blush that
       crossed her cheeks.
       "I hear the surfing is great in New Zealand. I've always wanted
       to go there.... what about you?" She asked, throwing the
       question right back at him.
       ----The moment Daevon had the go-ahead, he took over stroking
       River before the man's hips seemed to go wild. He clung to his
       boyfriend when the man began to drill into him like a wild
       animal. Moaning into the kiss as he felt Daevon's tounge explore
       his mouth while the man claimed his body.
       His lover's hand working over him in tandem with being so
       mercilessly fucked until he felt Daevon fill him. It didn't take
       much more for River to cum hard all over himself. "God that was
       amazing..." He panted out, near delirious from the sex high he
       felt.Switch rubbed his chin, his mouth ever so slightly
       twitching over Edward's joke. "Hmm..I recall when War did his
       surprise drills we were up at 4 and went a full 6 hrs nonstop. I
       suppose I could go back to that,"
       Switch didn't think too much of Edward's inquiry. "Busy is what
       happens when you plan world domination," he replied dryly. "Got
       to plan things out ahead of time,"
       Switch grabbed a plate, getting two steaks, a half a dozen eggs
       and then filled a cup with black coffee. He glanced over the
       dining hall, and motioned to Edward with a jerk of his head.
       "looks like it's a bit full out here, want to join me in my
       office? We can spread out a bit more, and avoid the noise. Have
       an actual conversation."
       -----
       Rebel shivered both from the cold and excitement that Bobby had
       managed to get away. Maybe they still might have a chance to get
       out of this place.
       Rebel's head twisted to Dior and Sebastien agreeing that Albert
       needed to know. If looks could kill, the two wouldn't have
       survived his glare.
       And just like that, things got worse when Sebastien announced
       that Albert wanted to see him and Rachel. While he'd never met
       the man, he suddenly felt a chill sweep through him. Surely he
       and Rachel wouldn't be punished for Robert going on the lam,
       would they?
       His hand tightened around Rachel's as they were led off through
       hallways and stairways until they arrived outside Albert's
       office. By now his hold on Rachel's metal hand was quite tight.
       Rebel gulped at Sebastien's warning and unwilling stepped into
       the office when ushered in.
       ----
       #Post#: 1280--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble of life
   DIR By: Inkglitched
       Date: February 11, 2026, 8:18 pm
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       Dior felt a bit badly for Rebel and Rachel following partway
       before heading to Sebastien's room with Famine and Steele.  A
       part of them worried that worse might fall on them with Robert
       missing.
       Dior pressed them self into Famine, biting on their bottom lip
       while waiting for Sebastien to show up. Hearing his friend
       offering liquor on his return had Diors face screw up a bit
       more.
       "Are they going to be punished for Robert disappearing? Not much
       of a scotch drinker, so no thanks," Dior added with an over
       exaggerated wave of his hand. Kind of like what a diva might do
       when dismissing someone.
       ----
       Knuckles chuckled at Desiree's joke. "I've heard that one
       before. I just expend my energy faster than most, especially
       when I'm around you," he added with a dirty grin.
       Knuckles was surprised by her response about surfing in New
       Zealand. "Do you like surfing? I'll have to remember that.
       Hmm...I have thought of going to Bermuda or Jamaica and enjoying
       the sound of the ocean while sipping on a nice cold drink. Would
       be a great place to really relax and just go with the flow," He
       replied with a bit of a far away look in his eyes.
       They conversed a bit more on different things they might do or
       places they'd want to experience until their food arrived. Then
       they enjoyed the meal, wine and conversation looking like two
       normal people on a date.Rachel’s face clearly fell when
       Sebastian made the call to to tell Albert. Steele could see her
       panic and famine sighed.”look just listen to what he has to say
       and answer his questions- your living situation can improve....”
       he started when Rachel snapped in such a way that made him step
       back for once,“sure tell the bitch what to do when you don’t
       even do that shit! I’ve been sitting on my hands this whole time
       and listening- and you fuckers can’t give us one damn break?”
       She hissed. Her eyes flashed enough to cause a ripple through
       him being what he was. “Vengeance..” he murmured. “And don’t
       tell me what I can and can’t do- you didn’t even report in for
       your punishment! Unless you do that you’ll never have my
       respect.” She said to shift as he realized she was reacting out
       of pain. Normally he would have already gotten in her face as he
       done in the past with others. The walk to the next place was
       more tense than sad. Steele seemingly more quiet and reserved.
       Once they reached the door Steele made a squeeze of the girls
       shoulder before he left with the others only to see a look of
       betrayal on her face.  He let a breath out, he didn’t want
       things to go this far.
       Once there Steele quietly took the bottle and poured a glass for
       the doctor. He caught a maid to make a request and sat down with
       bottle and a glass himself downing one and filling for another
       right away. To say he was unhappy was an understatement.”who
       knows.. far as I gathered from the talk  the man can be an issue
       if his mother is sick.. mean the crap that happened to river is
       a good example.” He said remembering how broken Daevon had
       looked for a while.
       Famine sighed.” As long as they are  honest and does what they
       are told.. it won’t be entirely bad.” He said.”besides even if
       she fought against it I’m sure she can enjoy the one man in her
       life a little longer.” He said his lack of empathy showing a
       little.
       ——Rachel’s face went sullen once the door opened and avoided
       looking at the doctor hearing his warning. Her jaw clenched to
       relax at her annoyance and anger.
       Albert sat back his hand on the table.”mind sitting?… maybe
       something to eat?” He suggested looking at the two. Rachel’s
       face hidden by her hair. Her body not quite moving till Albert
       got up.
       Rachel saw his hand to let go of rebels as she quietly just took
       it to be led to a chair.”sit.” He said giving a colder tone to
       rebel.  He went to sit as he looked at Queen. “Now I called you
       in here, I had Queen show me some footage.. your friend is alive
       and walking around.. I need you two to bring him back. He said.
       Rachel’s face went up.”why the hell would we?” She asked.
       Albert sighed as he answered.”I can have you both isolated and
       once rebel is healed from his diseases- his parts be taken for
       sure..” he said to pause to let it settle in. “There’s no way
       you can.. bone maybe but hiv is incurable- if anything it’s
       manageable and I highly doubt the general would want to even
       try-that threat falls on deaf ears.” Rachel said as his brows
       went up as she saw through his ruse.”and isolation - you could
       do that- but I’ll just start acting up. I was complacent- I did
       everything told- every prick- every prod.. make all of that much
       harder.” She said her glare deepening. Albert let off a sigh.”I
       tried to be reasonable.. so this.. to start your arms will be
       taken off.” He started as he watched her face not quite
       change.”and your body will be promised to one of my men.” He
       said to see a reaction that clearly showed her not taking it
       well. But given his nature seeing her breaking down as he gave a
       soothing sound.”promise on my mother’s life it’ll be a first
       time that won’t be entirely unenjoyable.. and we can just give
       rebel real peace and shoot him so he no longer suffers..”he said
       as he was just met with bitter sobs and her telling him.your
       nothing but a monster.” He made an unhappy look at the words
       falling from the girls mouth. Her delicate features cracking in
       a way.  He let her take a good cry, before she finally quieted
       enough for him to continue.
       “I’m hardly a monster.. if you find him, you can remain
       untouched… rebel can live more freely for the short time he
       could have.. if he lives from the chemo, maybe even let him live
       in the outside world even..” he said leaning forward in his desk
       to see she was clearly upset.”I can also give concessions to
       you.. given what I’ve listed as punishments you can make what
       you want in turn to bring Robert back.” Rachel seemed to slowly
       calm down. She knew the last thing they needed to be was brash
       in a heat of emotions. The pain she felt as she strained to
       stifle the need for another wave of emotions.
       He watched her face fluctuate in thinking.”fine… one if I find
       him- little healing test will *not* be a thing,” she
       started.”rebel will remain untouched and what you suggested for
       him in equivalent to saying your murder him in cold blood
       reasonable.” She said quietly.”but for the threat against my
       body- I be allowed in any part of the place. No more
       sequestering- access to alchemy books, and my father’s research
       and that wing.” She said shoving a high price right down on
       Albert’s head.
       Albert seemed to think.”the wing I can’t allow.. but I can allow
       for some transparency..” he said as she made a glare.”how do I
       know that will hold?” She asked.
       Albert blinked to chuckle.”on my mother’s life will it be
       upheld. And as a show of good faith.. you’ll be allowed some
       time in town - with a guard but still.” He said.“Famine will be
       joining you for that job- just be aware if you don’t follow
       through or try to run and we have to hunt all of you down. Rebel
       will be put down.. my threat will be in place and Robert will
       have each test we feel necessary.” He said with a smile to just
       see Rachel still looking unhappy, “I’ll give time for you to
       prepare..” he said with a smirk, before standing and leaving the
       room.
       ——Edward chuckled at what he was told,  “4 am? Oh did I don’t
       think I was around for that.. I might just find a place to hide
       and nap then.” He smarted off. Edward chuckled at switch’s
       words.”your a funny man.” He said. He saw how he jerked his
       head.”yeah sure..I got time..” said Edward as he followed
       switch. His ears pricked as he heard words and heard things in
       minds of key people William asked for. Once they reached the
       room he sat his stuff down to sit.”what got you interested in me
       all the sudden switch? Didn’t think you were interested in
       people.” He joked to the man.
       ——Hearing Jun unravel and watching how her face gained a blissed
       look urged the two to go a little rougher as their noises
       slipped to kiss her deeply. The moments became a bit erratic as
       Tobias felt his end as well as death. Both came hard to hold her
       a bit to take a minute before lifting her up and laying down
       with her.”how did that feel love?” Purred Tobias as death was
       hiding his face in her chest.
       ——“And that’s why you should let me have you more often…” he
       said against his ear before he heard the door open to look back
       at the maid who had brought some breakfast. She gained  an
       eyeful of the two to blush hard and put it on the small table
       inside to hear.”don’t worry I did the stabby this time.. isn’t
       he just a mess?” For her to rush right back out and shut the
       door for him to chuckle and ease himself out of the man. He
       sighed as he got up.”let’s eat.. maybe they’ll let me see my
       cousin.. it’s been too long - almost a week..” he said to
       mumble."No, I doubt that. I mean, unless they had something to
       do with it, but given how genuine their reactions were, I highly
       doubt it..." Sébastien answered as the scotch bottle was taken
       from him for Steele to fix glasses for the both of them before
       he watched the man down the first before pouring himself a
       second. It caused the doctor to raise an eyebrow at the man. He
       was taking this harder than he had expected. Sébastien finished
       his glass before stealing to bottle back and sitting himself in
       Nickolas' lap and looped an arm around the man's neck as he
       worked on what would be his third glass of scotch in the past
       hour.
       He had an intense desire to be close to his lover. The pair
       hadn't been intimate for a full month at this point, so just
       sitting in his lover's lap brought a slight blush to his cheeks
       that he would gladly blame on the booze.
       A frown settled on Sébastien's lips at Famine's comment about
       enjoying the boy she had left. "I doubt either of them are
       enjoying anything when the other person they care deeply about
       is gone..." He found himself pointing out.
       ---
       Feeling both her holes being filled after her lovers became more
       and more wild with their thrust. A fresh orgasim racking her
       body at feeling both men's seed deep in her. Soon the trio were
       all snuggled up in the bed enjoying their post sex high. Death
       snuggled up with his face planted between her breasts while
       Tobias was holding her on the other side. "That was amazing....
       I've never felt so full," Jun purred as her fingers trained
       through Death's blonde hair as she nuzzle her own face into
       Tobi's neck. "I'm so glad you two were willing to try this," she
       mused, quite satisfied.
       ---
       A fresh shiver ran through River's body as Daevon spoke against
       his ear wanting to do this more often. "Yeah... I should...." He
       found himself agreeing before he heard the bedroom door open.
       The casual way Daevon turned and spoke to the woman, even
       pointing out what a mess River was had the humuculus blushing
       harder.The maid was quick to leave, and River let out a groan.
       "Why do you do this to me?" He questioned, not willing to admit
       being caught like that had been a turn on. Another groaning
       noise followed as Daevon pulled free before getting up and
       suggesting they eat.
       "I'm not hungry. Hopefully they will let you see her soon..."
       River comment, letting himself lay out on the bed as he
       recovered from the experience he had just had."Yeah it was
       rough, couldn't really predict when War would have them." Switch
       shook his head at Edwards smarting off, knowing the man wouldn't
       actually miss the training. When that happened, slackers got up
       front personal attention from Brutus.
       Edward's amusement had Switch relaxing a bit. There weren't many
       that took his dry humor all too well.
       Switch was silent as they walked to his office, his ears picking
       up on conversations going on around them.
       He set his plate and mug on his desk and sank into his chair,
       glancing over at Edward's question. "Just figured it was time to
       get to know you. There are very few people I find interesting,
       and you make the cut,"
       Switch let his eyes roam over Edward's body slowly assessing
       him. If the man was interested, perhaps they might both find
       some mutual benefits from one another.
       -------Dior felt sick, it wasn't right in their mind that Albert
       lashed out when he couldn't control things. Using His mother's
       sickness and ailments as an excuse to hurt others was just
       psychotic. "I can't imagine how bad he'll be if she died," Dior
       mumbled, and rubbed their neck.
       Dior shot a look of frustration at Famine hearing his comment
       about Rachel. Sometimes the man's lack of empathy was shocking
       to them. Or maybe Dior just felt too much for what Rachel and
       Rebel had gone through.
       At least Sebastien seemed to get it. "Exactly. Do..you want us
       to go? You two probably want some alone time," Dior said,
       feeling a rather strong sense of need and lust coming off of the
       doctor and his lover.
       ------Rebel was tense and on edge as he followed Rachel into
       Albert's office. He blinked glancing around blankly, visibly
       flinching at the man's cold order to sit. He sat stiffly, his
       fingers digging into the underside of the chair.
       It wasn't all that surprising to hear the man threatening him if
       Rachel didn't do as Albert wanted. He was the weakest and most
       vulnerable one, and they'd use him against her everytime. It
       kind of pissed him off, though Rebel held his tongue knowing if
       he got going with what he wanted to say, it would only bring
       them both grief or worse.
       So instead, Rebel bit the insides of his cheek and tongue
       everytime he felt like cursing or shouting at Albert.
       Though hearing the threat of Albert giving her to one of his men
       was almost too much for him. His eyes flashed and his body
       jerked as he bit through his tongue and tasted blood.
       Hearing Rachel's crying over the threat of him being killed
       outright made up Rebel's mind right then. He had to take the
       risk of being changed like her and Bobby, he couldn't let her be
       used anymore like this.
       Rebel reached to touch her shoulder, squeezing it gently. Albert
       might not like being called a monster, but Rachel was right.
       What human would treat others so cruelly?
       It seemed that Albert wasn't really interested in making and
       deals with him, being he was just a human. When Rachel and
       Albert had finished their discussion and the asshole had left,
       Rebel grabbed a napkin from the table and spat out the blood
       that had filled his mouth up.
       "Fucking asshole," he cursed, shooting a glare at the door.
       "Let's get out of here. I bite through my tongue, probably need
       someone to look at it."
       Once the two were far from prying eyes and ears, he pulled her
       in closer and whispered in her ear. "I can't stay human, I need
       to get changed like Bobby was. I know we'll have to wait until
       later to do it. And no you're not going to talk me out of it. I
       know there's a chance I won't make it. I accept that. I can't
       let that assholeUse me against you anymore Rachel. Whether I
       change or die, he can't use me against you or Bobby."Steele had
       just poured his fourth glass when Sebastian stole the bottle
       back to chuckle.”comfortable?” He asked as his arm went around
       the doctors middle. “Looks to be with the color in those cheeks
       and the color of those eyes..” he complimented. His own frown
       came to his face. Unlike the other two he kept his words to
       himself, his hands slid down to play with the back of the
       doctors pants as an idea formed of a nice fuck and a release of
       everything and just not think. He heard Dior’s words.”for
       tonight… yes.. “ he said as his mouth found a spot on
       Sebastian’s neck.”got a lot to make up for hm?” He said in the
       doctors ear.”can’t wait to see you dance on top of me.” He said
       huskily before finishing his alcohol off.
       ——
       Famine made a face at what he was told to roll his eyes. But
       seeing the face of Dior made him think twice..”sorry..” he
       mumbled before hearing the men talk. He saw how close Sebastian
       was to Steele and how they were acting. He blushed rather hotly
       at what he was seeing.. Steele already undoing the doctors shirt
       as he mumbled sweet nothings to Sebastian.
       ——
       Tobias gave a soft smile.”it took a lot of *convincing*” he said
       and looked at death who turned his head as his hand went up to
       squish a boob.”mean managed to convince him to stress release
       sex not too long ago.. man really delved in his work. And
       worries about you.” He said to smirk as the man turned his
       bright red face back in the middle of her chest.
       ——
       Daevon retorted.”you say that but you never did make a move to
       shut me up.” He joked.”besides it’s kinda fun getting caught and
       fueling the wild gossip- makes this place less cagey and
       boring.” He said with a laugh.
       ——
       “What kind of cut.. wars cut with the boys or you.. and the way
       you keep looking at me like I’m dessert.” ‘Edward’ flirted. It
       seemed the man was assessing him.. or it felt so to legion.
       Something about switch told her to air caution with the man.
       “Can I smoke in here?” Edward asked after he had finished the
       meal.Rachel seemed to slump as the man left the room. She had
       felt rebels comforting squeeze. Her eyes shot to her left at the
       sound of spitting to see blood and reb bleeding from the mouth,
       she walked with the man her hand holding his carefully, to feel
       a pull in that just made her blush rather hotly.  She heard his
       words to stare at rebel before tugging him to her room to shut
       the door, checking places for any forms of cameras or listening
       devices. If she found one her flower would disrupt it. She let a
       breath out.”rebel do you know what you’re asking?.. the process
       is painful- I know.. I went through it. Bobby went through a
       faster painful process that also jumpstarted his change.You’d
       have to be dancing near to the point of death to be potentially
       brought back.” She said and let a breath out.  She slid her hand
       on his cheek as a vine wrapped around his neck. The woman not
       thinking twice of taking the tongue injury. “There..” she said
       wincing. Feeling how rebel had held back through her own..
       brought a soft look as she took a swallow and continued,”on top
       of that I’ll need to draw on you and something of me will be
       sacrificed.” She said and leaned back.”I lucked out last time
       because the person that did it to be thought using my arms would
       be a trade- fucker died on the spot.” She said as she rubbed her
       metal arm feeling the phantom pain after so long of being use to
       them gone.”i used the potential of having my arms back for
       Bobby- not sure what would go next.. “ she admitted. “And on top
       of it.. what if you..” she said and looked down.”what if you
       died.. I couldn’t handle it.. I’d be as much of a wreck as the
       moment I was told Bobby was dead.” She said to hold herself
       tighter.The color of Sébastien's cheeks and eyes intensified
       when they were pointed out. The arms snaking around him had him
       nearly forgetting they weren't alone. At least, until Steele
       answered Dior before the man's lips found a spot to settle on
       the doctor's neck, earning a needy moan out of him as he
       finished his own glass of whiskey to put the glass down on the
       nearest surface. The hands already roaming his body and
       undressing him along with what his lover said already had him
       hard and more than ready to ride the man as much as he wanted.
       His hands tangled in Steele's hair as the man teased his body.
       "You are going to drive me wild," he groaned out hotly. The fact
       that the others were still there turning him on even more.
       ---
       A giggle left Jun at both Tobias's words and Death's reaction to
       them. "I'm glad you two at least had each other... I thought of
       you both... every day..." She said softly as she looked up into
       Tobias's eyes. "Do... you think we could... all sleep together
       tonight?" She questioned, not wanting to pick between the two if
       she had to choose a bed.
       ---
       "You are impossible... suppose it isn't the worse thing...."
       River admitted as he loved out of the bed before heading to the
       bathroom to clean up. "What is it we are supposed to do today?
       Are they finally letting you see your folks again?" He
       questioned as he cleaned himself up from their fun before he
       worked on getting dressed.From the way Sebastien and Steele were
       getting handsy and hyper focused on one another, Dior knew it
       was time for them to get going before they saw too much.
       Dior grabbed Famine's hand and tugged him out of the room,
       shutting the door behind them gently.
       "So...your room or mine?" Dior asked looking down at Famine. "I
       don't know about you, but I could use a bit of a distraction
       right now."
       -----
       Switch couldn't help but smirk at Edward's flirting. It had been
       awhile since anyone had openly spoken to him in that way. "The
       latter, and you'd definitely be more than just dessert, Edward,"
       Switch was still working on his last steak when Edward asked
       about smoking. "If you can unbudge that window, go for it,"
       Switch replied his jaw twitching in amusement.
       Since he'd moved into the space, no one had been able to open
       it. It was almost like it had been cemented shut.
       "Just don't strain yourself, wouldn't want you to get hurt,"
       -----From the way Rachel had reacted at first had Rebel worrying
       that she hadn't taken it well. It wasn't until they got back to
       their room and she'd finished her sweep and started the speak
       that he realized she had been worrying about him.
       Even after her explanation of how painful and dangerous the
       process was, it hadn't changed his mind. It might have scared
       him a bit, but his resolve hadn't wavered.
       "It probably seems stupid to you, but as a weakling human, I
       could die at any point. Hell this cancer could kill me if the
       chemo stops working," he couldn't help but point out.
       "It feels like I'm walking the line between death each time that
       ass threatens to kill me to manipulate you,"
       Rebel paused at her touch, feeling a bit strange as the vine
       wrapped around his neck. His tongue tingled as the tissue knit
       back together.
       Seeing Rachel wincing had Rebel hate having caused her to take
       his pain.
       A flicker of uncertainty and worry filled him when Rachel said a
       part of her would have to be sacrificed for it to actually work.
       "You've already lost enough of yourself. Maybe there's someone
       else that can do it. Or I can volunteer and tell Albert I want
       to be changed. Though then I'd owe the fucker for life."
       Rebel let out a long sigh and moved to wrap his arms around
       Rachel. "If there was any other way to get the upper hand and
       not being Albert's pawn I'd do it in a heartbeat. I don't want
       to put you through that pain again. Just...what else can we do?
       We gotta figure out something. At least you'd have Bobby. Which
       is why we should find him, see what he thinks then make a
       plan,"“I can’t help it.. you’re too damn sexy.” Said Steele as
       his hands continued to roam. Famine’s eyes went a bit wide at
       seeing the delicate back of the doctor before Dior pulled him
       out as he saw the pants going. Steele’s hands rested on the
       man’s ass at his words, “get me soaked and go ahead and slide
       right on..” he said to nibble at the man’s neck to unhook his
       leg, once undressed, taking the doctor by the waist to kiss him
       hotly first.
       ——
       Both their faces gained a soft look at her words.”we do plan
       sleeping in the same room.. so we can be in the same bed..” said
       death.”probably here- Tobias room *is*bigger.” He said to look
       at him.”what they provided it cause I was locked in here most
       the time to work.” He said right back.
       ——-
       Daevon followed to clean up.”first I want to check up on Rachel,
       it’s been almost a month since I seen her face- just want to be
       sure she’s okay. I know dad was speaking about having dinner
       today or tomorrow- said he had news.” He said to switch the
       water on as he moved and got himself in the shower to let the
       water run over.
       ——
       Once out side  bright red famine was shook from the sight he saw
       to go.”huh?” But once it was repeated.”oh my room?.. okay..” he
       said his eyes shifting a little to calm down. “Just uhm… don’t
       judge.” He said to open his door to his room. Inside was a room
       filled with pink and white. Candy jars  decorated a wall, as he
       took a chocolate from one to eat.”you can have some.” He said
       before going to his bed that had a furry looking pillow at first
       glance.. when closer would see it was a rabbit plush. He delved
       into the theme since he had been made. His closet littered with
       pastel colored clothes on one side and his ‘job’ clothes that
       littered with black and greys on the other side.
       He took his coat off to toss it and his shirt, before kicking
       his shoes off and flopped on his back.
       ——-Edward blushed at how receptive switch was- but now it made
       legion wonder if he was gay. He went over to blink at the thing,
       he moved the blinds to pull them up and unlatched the window to
       pull.”what the..” he mumbled. His eyes looked around to see  pry
       bar and took it to Jam it in a crack he saw then used his weight
       to go down. The window moved enough to get his hands under to
       struggle a little till it finally opened.”tough son of a bitch.”
       He commented to light up. “When did you start working for war
       anyway?” He questioned as he leaned to draw in smoke and
       released it.
       ——-
       Rachel listened to the man talk- knowing he was telling the
       truth as her eyes closed a bit.
       “Like hell I’d let you ‘volunteer’ to Albert and like hell you
       owe him? He threatened to put a bullet in your head.. being
       immortal doesn’t mean the pain goes away.” She said as she
       continued to rub her arm a little.”I’d rather lose more of
       myself protecting you.” She said flatly.”I just… I’m afraid
       they’ll find another workaround for their tests.. rebel.. during
       the time at the complex before this- I was subjected to inhumane
       things and I don’t want you or Bobby to ever experience that.. “
       she finished.She nodded in agreement.”I’m.. going to get a
       different outfit.. these military getup things is really not
       me.” She said to look down. She went to her bag to dig around
       pulling out a conservative looking dress in blue. Her shirt
       started to come off before she took a minute and looked at
       rebel, “uhm… turn around please.” She said to blush hotly. Once
       he did, she began to finish dressing. Her calico cat made his
       way to rub against her legs.”.hiro.. I’m trying to dress..” she
       mumbled to the cat.”I’ll probably ask Daevon to watch my cat
       too.” She said with a sigh.The only clue to Sébastien that the
       other two had left was the sound of his bedroom door opening and
       closing again. His clothes already finding themselves in a pile
       on the floor. "Fuck I need you inside of me..." the doctor
       groaned as his lover teased his neck. The moment Steele was
       ready and undressed, the pair shared another passionate kiss
       before he got onto his knees to take Steele's massive member
       into his mouth, moaning around it as he sucked and got the man
       properly wet as his now wet fingers got his ass ready for the
       man.
       As soon as he felt like he could tolerate the man inside,
       Sébastien pulled away, to climb back into Nickolas' lap and
       impale himself on his lover's massive cock. "You are even bigger
       than I remember!" He found himself gasping out as he let his
       body adjust to the man's size.
       ---
       A smile of pure happiness came to Jun's lips at what the two men
       said. Giggling as the pair went back and forth on Tobias's room
       size. "Do you two still want to go out and get dinner? Or did
       you want to just stay in?" She questioned, enjoying having the
       two snuggled up against her.
       ---
       River slipped into the shower after Daevon and grabbed the
       bodywash to start washing up his boyfriend. "Yeah, bet we can
       find her in her room... if they don't make me go do training or
       whatever the hell today..." He said in mild complaint. He didn't
       like being away from his lover. He always held a deep anxiety of
       something bad happening to the man.
       Soon the man was clean and River began to focus on washing
       himself up. "Heard someone mention shock therapy or something
       for me later today... whatever that is...." He mentioned, having
       no idea that was how his mind was emptied last time.Dior was
       pretty sure that Famine had liked watching the doctor and his
       lover. Hell if they'd been open to it, Dior wouldn't have minded
       watching them self
       Dior's eyebrow rose at Famine telling them not to judge before
       letting them into their room. His eyes widened at the  candy
       cotton pink walls, accents of white and the candy jars. He'd
       never had believed this was Famine's room if the man hadn't
       brought him there.
       Dior wanted to joke about the color giving them a headache, but
       decided that might be going too far. "It's well..very pink,"
       Dior said and moved to grab a gumball and chewed on it, watching
       Famine half undress and flop down on the bed.
       "Want to have some fun?" Dior asked with a grin, blowing a
       bright blue bubble with the gum and then pulled it into their
       mouth and popped it.
       Dior pulled off their shirt, followed by their skirt and shoes.
       This left them in a shaper corset and thong. "I may need a
       little help with the rest," Dior purred moving to straddle
       Famine's waist and ran a long fingernail up his chest.
       -----
       Switch chewed on his steak, watching Edward as he worked on
       getting the window open. It was a rather nice show he had to
       admit, the way the other's body moved and tensed.
       "Yeah, haven't really had the time to work it open. I swear some
       ass cemented it shut," Switch commented once he'd finished
       eating.
       It took a few minutes for him to mentally figure out how many
       years he'd worked with War. "About 14 years ago as I can recall.
       Got recruited after I got out of the Marines Seal core. People
       think this is hard, they should go through Seal training," he
       commented.
       "What about you? What did you do before joining up with us? I'm
       bisexual if you were wondering," he added, having the feeling
       Edward wanted to know.----
       "I was there," Rebel reminded Rachel softly. "I'm aware."
       He let out a long sigh, scrubbing the side of his neck when she
       mentioned what she'd gone through. "I understand that you don't
       want it to happen and it's beyond our control if that ass
       decides he wants to do the same shit to us. But we can't just
       sit around and not do anything. Its likely he's already got
       people he's doing worse things to. Someone's got to stop him or
       no one will be safe,"
       Rebel let her go when Rachel said she wanted to change into
       something else. He let out a sigh and started picking at a hole
       in his jeans when he heard her request and glanced up.
       "Oh...yes of course," he replied and turned to face the wall so
       she could change. He heard her talking to her cat and snickered
       to himself before making a squeaking sound to entice Hiro away
       from her. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind. Come here you little
       stinker," he called to the cat in a lighter tone.Steele felt the
       hot mouth moaning and writhing a little at how the doctor was
       being, and watching him get ready just made him all the harder.
       He made a gasp as he felt the doctor impale himself on him.”that
       or your damn tight today..” he said with a hot moan and a buck.
       His hands slid up his lovers chest and drew him down for a kiss
       to release his hair from his tie, the feel of the doctors hair
       tickled his skin.”way sexier.” He said with a purred.
       ——-
       “Maybe grab dinner and come back?, mean I planned on telling our
       son tomorrow that death is going to be apart of the family. Our
       niece got to him not too long ago.. definitely has her mother’s
       tongue.” He said with a chuckle. “Honestly I didn’t think I was
       capable of even having a connection… “ death said quietly.”nor
       how it could affect me.” He said.
       ——
       Daevon sighed at the complaint. He really disliked it when they
       were seperated. He had pulled out of the shower to get the towel
       when he heard what River said next.”oh fuck that- they’re not
       doing that again!” Slid out.”that’s how you forgot about me..
       found you hooked up and James that fucking dirty asshole caused
       it.” He said his head poking in.”your staying with me today, I
       don’t give a fuck if I have to fight them back.” He said with a
       heated tone.
       ——-
       Famine blinked to hear Dior to see the bubble gum to chuckle. He
       watched dior pulling his clothing off to what he had on to blush
       hotly.”maybe the corset should stay..” he murmured looking at
       him to feel the straddle.”but can totally take that thing off..”
       he said in a sexy tone.”but you might lose that thong if I tear
       it.” He said to flip them over to slide down and the thong off.
       He soaked his fingers and began to prep Dior watching his
       actions and waiting to see when dior would ask for more.
       ——The quiet thoughts ran through Rachel’s head- knowing rebel
       wasn’t wrong. She didn’t want anyone else to go through this
       hell. She chewed her bottom lip as she fiddled with the dress to
       see the cat go his way to chuckle as it rubbed against his foot
       to nip at the shoe. “I’m done.” She said to smooth her curly
       hair some. She went over to pick up Hiro.”let’s go see Daevon-
       bet he’s sleeping like the dead.” She said with a familiar look
       of thinking how she’d wake him this time.A gasping moan fell
       from Sébastien's lips feeling Nickolas' hips buck up into him.
       He eagerly kissed his lover back, chuckling softly as his hair
       was let down to have his lover call him sexier. "If you say so,"
       he mused as he began to move, groaning and moaning as he enjoyed
       Steele's rock hard member deep inside of him.
       The pair spent the next *several* hours enjoying each other's
       body, making up for the past month of pent up sexual energy.
       ----
       "I hope Daevon won't take it too badly... he didn't exactly
       react well to me carrying Death's child...." Jun said softly as
       her fingers continued to stroke through Death's hair. "I'm glad
       you were able to make one... connection to others... it's
       important... what are you two hungry for? We could get some
       seafood... you... mentioned maybe going shopping for a new
       dress... if you still want to do that?" She suggested as she
       gave the two her affection.
       ----
       A surprised expression crossed River's features at Daevon's
       reaction to the idea of shock therapy, claiming it was what had
       made him forget his lover last time. The heated tone his
       boyfriend had made him not want to argue with the man in the
       slightest. "Just don't get yourself hurt...." was all he could
       manage with a sigh.Rebel made faces at the cat and pushed the
       cat away when it nipped on his shoe. "Hey now, I don't need
       holes in my shoes too," he sighed and booped the cat's nose with
       his finger.
       He turned at Rachel's announcing she was done and  gave her an
       appreciative look. "You look amazing in that dress," he told
       her.
       "Or he's in the middle of "stabbing" his boyfriend," Rebel said
       with a smirk. Most everyone knew about the term by now due to
       the gossip  spreading through the house service.
       "By all means let's get going, Bobby's already hours ahead of
       us. The sooner we find him the better,"
       -----
       Dior grinned, very pleased with Famine's reaction to his under
       garments. "you like it? I'll have to wear my others for you,"
       Dior purred back.
       Dior's hands moved to hold onto Famine's shoulders and let out a
       chuckle at being flipped over. "Thanks for not ripping my thong,
       it's one of my favorites,"
       Soft pleased moans escaped Dior's lips as Famine's fingers
       worked inside of him. "Oh gods yes, Fami...right there. Uhh
       yes!"
       When the fingers weren't enough, Dior reached down to grab
       Famine by his hair. "Enough playing, get up here and fuck me
       already! I need you inside so badly!'
       ----
       Switch let out a chuckle. "A relic is putting it mildly. Yeah,
       lots of shit that's hard to forget,"
       Switch merely gave Edward a look at the teasing question. He
       wasn't about to reveal too much, and keeping others guessing was
       part of what he did.
       Seeing the change in Edward's eyes had Switch get a concerned
       feeling. The more the man told him had Switch feeling like he'd
       pressed Edward too much. Though there was something slightly off
       about it.
       "There's nothing wrong with wanting a white picket fence or a
       family. Dreams and hope keep you going," Switch replied.
       "Well, I've got work to do, but maybe you'd like to get off the
       grounds with me later. Get some fresh air away from this
       relic,"“I’m sure with time he can get use to the idea.” Tobias
       said.”and seafood does sound good- been a while since I had
       crab..” he mused over his favorite dish.”and we can.” He said to
       cuddle her closer. Death responded.”also James should avoid you
       for a while.. a man’s taken interest in him.” A small smirk
       formed.”let’s just say the man’s a seasoned trapper and already
       set sights on his prey.” He said with a chuckle.
       ——Daevon gave a smirk.”I’ll try to not get too roughed up..
       black eye maybe, but the rest of them be suffering too.” He said
       to chuckle.
       —-
       Rachel chuckled a bit to walk over and lifted her cat in her
       arms. She blushed a bit.”thanks.. if there was anything I
       learned about my mother the most is class is more important than
       skin.” She said with a chuckle.
       She heard rebel to blush a bit more.”don’t tell me he got to you
       too!” She said as her eyes gave a small roll.”well least he’s
       having fun- just wish he would give the poor maid a break..” she
       said as she walked out of the room.”Bobby should go to a
       familiar place.. if I’m right; the thing he went through is what
       people dream of.. the cryo sleep.. it dipped I’m sure to give
       time for his insides to heal. Mine was over time.. so as I grew
       the better I felt.” She mused.”we can start at the flower shop
       first. He worked there often.. sometimes late in the day.” She
       said as they turned down the hall for River to knock on the
       door.
       Daevon who was in the middle of talking with h river head the
       knock to chuckle and pinned his half dressed boyfriend in the
       bed with a ‘come in’ for Rachel to come in to hear him say.”so
       your coming for an eyeful of round 2?” His head turned to see
       his cousin looking unamused.”your going to be the death of that
       poor maid..” she said to come over as she let rebel handle the
       door. “I need you to watch Hiro.” She said to snuggle the cat
       her cheek against his fur.”why?” Daevon asked.”been told to find
       Bobby.. said he died.. he changed I did get threatened and I
       don’t like the idea of rebel being killed either.” She said as
       he listened to pale.”what about you?” Rachel simply kept
       quiet.”it’s best you don’t know.” She said to hand him the cat
       that meowed.”also.. “ she paused to blink and spread the flowers
       around briefly to block any sort of listening device. She
       couldn’t let it be heard.”rebel said he wants to change.” She
       said.and.. I ..May be doing it.. it’s better me than someone
       else! They don’t realize trading other people’s stuff don’t get
       what they want.. and I’d rather they not know..” she started to
       talk as her cousin put the cat on his bed to grab her by the
       shoulders.”that isn’t happening.” He told her. “You’ve already
       had your wings clipped Angel.” He said quietly with her nickname
       he used from time to time. “You can’t be giving anything else
       up.. focus on Bobby first.. then we will talk more, maybe we can
       find a way to keep rebel safe..”He told her to see her tear up.
       He drew her close to hug.”just be careful.” She heard as the
       flowers wilted and seemed to vanish.
       After a time the two waited where the cars were  and where
       famine was supposed to to meet them.
       ——
       The moment dior made his demand  and felt the pull of his hair
       toward his face. He obliged, After a few moments he began to
       straighten up grumbling about having to go work instead of stay
       and cuddling Dior.—-
       Edward chuckled lightly. He was glad to hear about switch
       agreeing.”sometimes.. but there are times where it just breaks
       or something that becomes unattainable.” He admitted.  “Later
       sounds nice- I got a few errands to do.” He said with a
       smile.”maybe later tonight?” He asked.A chuckle escaped River at
       Daevon's remark about getting hurt. It didn't stop his worry
       though. The man was only human. He dried off and began to get
       dressed, grateful he at least had his pants on when he heard the
       knock to the door to quickly find himself pinned to the bed. His
       face turned crimson before he shook his head. "She's right ya
       know..." He complained before resuming getting dressed once he
       was let up.Dior was a happy moaning mess for several blissful
       moments before the world decided to interrupt. "God damn
       fuckers," Dior groaned at the intrusive sound of a knock and
       voices from the outside world.
       At least Famine seemed inclined to at least finishing ravaging
       him before being pulled away. Dior cling to his lover more
       pleased cries falling from his lips. "Oh God, yes! Just as long
       as you finish inside me," Dior gasped out.
       Their climax was shattering and toe curling, leaving Dior
       panting and feeling well worn out. "Be careful, Famine. Gimme a
       kiss before you go," Dior demanded lazily sprawled out on the
       bed.
       ----
       "Well honestly I think anything would look good on you," Rebel
       confessed. "I could be biased, but you're beautiful in anything
       you wear,"
       Rebel couldn't help but smirk  a bit at Rachel's reaction.
       "You'd think she'd just leave stuff outside their door at this
       point,"
       Rebel followed her out, nodding at her thoughts on where Bobby
       might have gone off to. "Makes sense to me."
       Being a bit more cautious, Rebel waited outside the doorway
       until he was sure there wasn't a round 2 happening.  He slipped
       inside, shutting the door quietly behind him, listening as
       Rachel told her cousin what was going on and then about his
       wanting to be changed.
       A part of Rebel wondered if he was being selfish for wanting to
       be changed. For wanting powers so he could fight back.  Maybe he
       was a little jealous of what Rachel could do. Still that didn't
       make him an ass did it?
       Rebel had a lot to think about as they got ready and headed to
       the courtyard to meet up with Famine and the rest of the search
       party going along.
       The sight of a huge giant of a man standing smoking a cigar had
       Rebel shiver. "Just where do they keep finding all these
       giants?" He mumbled to Rachel.
       "We tend to stand out easily in a crowd," the huge man chuckled,
       showing just how sharp his hearing was, and sharp pointed teeth.
       "Take a picture kid, it lasts longer,"
       ---Dior was a happy moaning mess for several blissful moments
       before the world decided to interrupt. "God damn fuckers," Dior
       groaned at the intrusive sound of a knock and voices from the
       outside world.
       At least Famine seemed inclined to at least finishing ravaging
       him before being pulled away. Dior cling to his lover more
       pleased cries falling from his lips. "Oh God, yes! Just as long
       as you finish inside me," Dior gasped out.
       Their climax was shattering and toe curling, leaving Dior
       panting and feeling well worn out. "Be careful, Famine. Gimme a
       kiss before you go," Dior demanded lazily sprawled out on the
       bed.
       ----
       "Well honestly I think anything would look good on you," Rebel
       confessed. "I could be biased, but you're beautiful in anything
       you wear,"
       Rebel couldn't help but smirk  a bit at Rachel's reaction.
       "You'd think she'd just leave stuff outside their door at this
       point,"
       Rebel followed her out, nodding at her thoughts on where Bobby
       might have gone off to. "Makes sense to me."
       Being a bit more cautious, Rebel waited outside the doorway
       until he was sure there wasn't a round 2 happening.  He slipped
       inside, shutting the door quietly behind him, listening as
       Rachel told her cousin what was going on and then about his
       wanting to be changed.
       A part of Rebel wondered if he was being selfish for wanting to
       be changed. For wanting powers so he could fight back.  Maybe he
       was a little jealous of what Rachel could do. Still that didn't
       make him an ass did it?
       Rebel had a lot to think about as they got ready and headed to
       the courtyard to meet up with Famine and the rest of the search
       party going along.
       The sight of a huge giant of a man standing smoking a cigar had
       Rebel shiver. "Just where do they keep finding all these
       giants?" He mumbled to Rachel.
       "We tend to stand out easily in a crowd," the huge man chuckled,
       showing just how sharp his hearing was, and sharp pointed teeth.
       "Take a picture kid, it lasts longer,"
       ---"That can happen," Switch agreed and then nodded. "Later
       then. I'll find you," he added with a wink and ushered the man
       out of his office.
       When he checked his messages he found one from Queen about
       Albert sending out Rachel and Famine to retrieve Bobby without
       any back up other than the sickly human cub. He shook his head
       and made sure to get one of his muscle on the roster. If things
       got shady out there, they'd need help getting back.
       Albert really had no clue just how messed up things were getting
       in the outside world. Or someone was keeping it from him.Once
       famine straightened up, and got his vest trench coat on came
       over and dipped down for a deep kiss he groaned hotly.”want more
       of you when I get back.” He said with a smirk.”feel free to use
       my room anytime.” He said to look him over one more time before
       he left.
       ——
       Rachel noticed a rather large man coming up. Her body gave a
       noticeable shiver, she had heard of the man and least talk about
       him. He sounded much like an enforcer of sorts for war for
       wayward members. She also learned the man had a knack for
       torture much like someone else. Of course when she saw famine
       she shrank a bit against rebel.
       When famine noticed Brutus of all people- he paled.”hey.. so
       your the help added..” he said flushed a bit. The man was no
       hummunculous- but the things he heard made even him nervous.
       He shrugged it off when he saw how Rachel shrunk against rebel
       from him. Least he knew one of them was scared.”alright where we
       goin’” he asked as Rachel found what voice she had.”flower shop-
       if he’s doing what I think he is- he’s doing something akin to
       reliving his life.. most do before they die but in his case..
       before the great change.” She said quietly.
       “So you did know something we didn’t.” Said famine to make a
       frown.
       “I don’t talk unless it benefits me, and those I care
       about.”Said Rachel.”let’s go and get this done-i don’t want to
       be around you as long as I have to.” She told famine to walk to
       a car that was pulled up. Keys were handed off to Brutus as
       Rachel got in the back. Famine took the front seat of the
       passenger side as they started the drive to the older grounds.
       Rachel took the opportunity to look around. Her eyes catching
       unique landmarks, if they had to run.. at least she’d know the
       way.
       The ride was quiet, with the acception of Rachel giving mild
       directions when she recognized a stop she often used or a coffee
       shop. Once there she got out of the car with famine not so far
       behind.“Suggest you stay.”famine sighed”that won’t happen-“ he
       started to hear.”I want a chance to talk to Bobby without him
       recognizing you to run off and big tall and scary could end up
       messing things up to.” She said crossing her arms.”besides I
       know your a bonified bloodhound anyway- like we can run.” She
       said to roll her eyes.
       She took rebels hand after some time to get famine to stay and
       walked to the door, she tested the knob.”lights are out doors
       still locked.” She said to brush her hair back.
       “The only other place is…” she paused as she paled.”the ranch..”
       she said and made a soft look.”he’s gonna get hit hard again..”
       she said in a painful tone. Her eyes had a worried look as she
       got in the car and gave rather precise directions. Her hands ran
       over her metal arms as she worried for the man she tried to
       save.. the look on her face clearly reading the guilt on her
       face.Dior let out a happy moan at the deep kiss, letting out a
       sigh when Famine pulled away. "Oh you will. Think I'll just lock
       up after you and stay here," They replied, not really feeling
       like moving or bring caught out on their own.
       ----
       Rebel's wariness of Brutus grew stronger after seeing Famine
       paling at the sight of the giant man. Rebel had learned from
       living on the streets that there were people one had to hide
       their fear from. Brutus was definitely one of those types.
       After Rachel had spoken with Famine, he joined her in the back,
       grateful to have some space from the two in front.
       The quiet drive made Rebel feel a bit on edge, his ears pricking
       at every little sound in the car. Man he missed listening to
       music. Even country would be a welcome distraction.
       Rebel followed Rachel out to go into the flower shop and paused
       to listen to her arguing with Famine.
       "Enough," Brutus said, putting a very large hand on Famine's
       shoulder. "She's right, we'll stay here and keep an eye out.
       Don't you worry, I've got tranqs for your frozen boyfriend. I'll
       only use them if they're needed,"
       Rebel was slightly relieved by this news and followed Rachel's
       pull towards the shop. "You sure he wouldn't have gone in the
       back?" He asked. "If it was me, I'd have done that,"
       Rebel bit his lip seeing Rachel going pale, realizing before she
       said it the other place Bobby would go. Just imagining the shock
       and pain Bobby would be reliving had him feel badly for the guy.
       The group piled back in the car and Brutus followed Rachel's
       directions without a word. The closer they got, the more Rebel
       worried about how everything was going to go down. It was very
       likely Bobby wouldn't go back without a fight. Especially since
       his grandmother had been killed by these people.The car pulled
       up as Rachel slid out of the back. Her face looked to the house,
       she began to walk  toward the house- when the closer she got..
       the colder things felt. Her brows knitted before realizing where
       the cold was coming from.. not the house.. but where they had
       burned his grandmothers body to keep the animals from eating
       her- the scorched mark clearly marking where she was- with
       whatever didn’t burn to daevons fire. She took a soft step as
       her eyes caught the man. “Bobby?..” she asked softly stepping
       forward a little more.It hadn't taken nearly as long as Bobby
       had expected to run back to town, walking past the flowershop as
       his memories were flooding back. When the memory of his
       grandmother hit, he rushed home, only to find an empty house...
       and a grave. He felt like his whole world was crashing down all
       over again. The memories rushing in of being told his
       grandmother had passed.
       He curled up at the foot of the burn pile and just cried for a
       few hours. The ground around him freezing as his new powers went
       wild. He had calmed down enough to not be openly sobbing when
       Rachel and the others finally found him. The fresh memory of her
       kissing him, telling him she wanted to be with him.... promising
       her he would stay. His mind even remembering Rebel and the kiss
       they had shared as well. All these emotions were quieted
       slightly when he heard Racbel's voice, saying his name. He
       turned slowly to look at her with a look of surprise, backing
       away in uncertainty.Rachel saw how bobby backed up.”it’s okay..
       I know it’s all a rush right now.. “ she said her face giving a
       calm look. She wanted to try to at least bring him down from the
       emotional high he was feeling.  Her eyes went to the scorched
       mark. Grief filled her own eyes.  Every part wanted to just get
       into Bobby’s arms and just stay close. Her eyes filled with a
       pleading almost desperate look.”can I come close?… I missed you
       so much..” she said.”when they told me you died I almost lost
       it..but I knew you couldn’t be..” she said. Her eyes went to the
       ice. She got close enough to see his face more, the cold sinking
       in to make her shiver, her breath she could see as if it was
       winter. “How much do you remember?” She asked in a softer tone.
       She wasn’t sure if he remembered being in a hospital bed let
       alone being conscious enough.The calm soothing voice combined
       with Rachel's pleading, desperate eyes had Bobby still as he
       tried to think of how to respond. "I.... I don't want to hurt
       you... I... don't know how to control this ice stuff.... I...
       the last thing I remember... is dying in the back of that
       van.... you did something to me.... then I woke up in that
       place.... I was dead.... everything was so cold... it... it is
       still so cold...." Bobby explained as he hugged his own knees,
       trying to contain his emotions but causing the temperature
       around him to drop even more, the ice even traveling up the side
       of the house now.Rachel watch as he seemed to think, his eyes
       going in a way that told her he was going through a form a
       despair. The sounds of things cracking in the air was the ice
       that seemed to appear out of the air.  His words reached her
       ears despite it.  Famine moved on the cars side about ready to
       step in.”this might be a problem.” He told Brutus. “If that
       reaches any further we gonna have a half baked- now half frozen
       hummunculous and a human ice pop.” He couldn’t understand why
       the girl took a step closer rather than away in the distance.He
       now  to now wish he had a coat as even the cold reach them. When
       he felt the chill- it felt like it sunk to the very center of
       his core.
       “I know it’s hard.. these powers manifest by emotions.. “ said
       Rachel. Her arms despite being covered were moving slower to the
       cold- not that it could be helped. Metal didn’t always move well
       in the cold- Rachel noted to ask Steele to make a winterized
       version. The cold made her realize the depth of his despair..
       and in that moment she wondered if she had done the right thing.
       Bobby was hurting, the ice around them a testament to his
       greatest loss. “I know those who brought us in that lab
       place-were aware of powers..” she said the rest of her cuddling
       up to herself shivering. In every corner of her mind-ideas on
       how to get bobby take rebel and run crept in her mind. But with
       how he was-would be a problem. “I know.. I was brought to the
       morgue and told you were dead.... right now I’d give anything to
       just touch you right now..” she said.”for a brief moment - I
       lost it, I thought I lost you…” she said in a soft pained voice.
       Rachel began to feel a bit sleepy- unnatural for the girl as she
       tried to find the words to not ramp up his emotions, “both of us
       thought  we lost you.” She said to motion to rebel.Rebel had
       followed after Rachel, keeping a short distance behind her not
       wanting to overwhelm Bobby's already fragile state. As the cold
       built and intensified, Rebel began shivering and rubbed his
       hands together trying to keep them warm. They should have had
       the foresight to bring parkas and thermal underwear he couldn't
       help but think.
       From where he was, he could hear some of Famine's comments to
       Brutus and shivered at the thought of becoming a literal ice
       pop.
       "B-b-bobby, it's gonna get b-b-better. Just gonna t-t-take
       t-t-time," Rebel got out between chattering from the intense
       cold. "While I hate suggesting it, those b-b-bastards can
       probably help you regulate the the cold b-b-better."
       By now Rebel felt like his lips were numb and he was shaking
       rather hard, feeling desperately in need of warmth.
       Brutus noted the spreading ice and how the cold was affecting
       Rachel and Rebel so drastically.
       "I can see that," he muttered and pulled out his tranquilizer
       gun, and moved to get a better line of sight on Bobby. "If he's
       knocked out, that should help momentarily. Someone's gonna have
       to figure out a way to control those ice powers though,"
       When he had a shot lined up, he took it, hitting Bobby with one
       and then a second for good measure.Rachel's words were soothing
       to Bobby, the idea she wanted to touch him, even just briefly
       had him looking a little surprised. A fresh layer of sadness
       washed over him as she told him how she nearly lost it and how
       Rebel had been affected too. It made a massive amount of guilt
       tug at his heart as his eyes looked to the ground. "I'm sorry
       I've hurt you so much already..." He said softly as a few tears
       slipped down his cheeks.
       While he was on his way to calming down, it clearly wasn't
       happening as fast as the others with Rachel and Rebel had
       wanted. He was about to respond to Rebel and Rachel's words, he
       was going to protest going back, but before he could get a word
       out, he felt a sharp sudden pain in his neck.
       He lifted his hand to pull out a dart before a second hit him.
       Feeling under attack had Bobby on his feet. "I'm sorry..." He
       repeated before attempting to run. It would take another three
       darts to get the man to go down, and even then, it took the
       better part of an hour to take affect, plenty of time for Bobby
       to give those who shot him a run for their money. In fact, he
       managed to get all the way back to the wearhouse River had been
       living in before he finally passed out.Rachel managed to get
       close enough. Almost inches from finally being able to hug him,
       till she saw not one.. but two shots. His face his apologizing..
       “no!” She said to miss him and saw him get nailed several more
       times. Somehow seeing that was enough to cause a profound
       silence as famine got to the two and yanked his coat off for
       rebel being the only one affected to almost being frozen. “What
       were you thinking?” Rachel said her back toward the men.”look
       his ice was going out of control.” Said famine.”it needed to be
       done- look we will fetch bobby- and say it was all you, that we
       only assisted due to his powers fluctuating.” Reasoned
       famine.”you won’t lose out on your deal in the least..” he said
       before hearing something- odd. A crack as if a branch of a tree
       been cracking under the pressure of snow. His eyes fluttered to
       the trees.”deal?.. just because you two were damned impatient!”
       He heard.”he was almost there! I was within inches of reaching
       him… and you two asshole shot him!” She said her hands going to
       her face. Her arms still acting as if it was trying to lock.
       Famine went to touch her shoulder.”look he’d be thanking us so
       rebel doesn’t end up dying from frost bite- keep acting like
       this might as well say we had to hunt bobby down..” he flew out
       not realizing the big mistake he had done. Flowers spread
       through her arms and around her dress before her head snapped
       his way showing a mask.”she’s shifting!” He said to start
       himself, the reaction at the hospital when she went for rebel..
       the same feeling he had before realized..this feeling was
       vengeance- her flowers rolled and went for Brutus gun to chunk
       it away as famine was snagged by some vines to start being
       thrashed around.”go get in the car.” She told Brutus as she
       chunked famine toward the car as he skidded over the top to slam
       the ground.”there’s one more place he could of gone due to his
       memories - famine can sniff me out-““Too pissed of to control
       what I might do to famine if he continues to shoot at the
       mouth-I am walking.” She finished. The flowers fluctuated
       between colors as the things snaked around as she was now full
       humunculous. She turned to follow where bobby had ran- hoping to
       calm down by the time she would arrive at the safe house.”I’ll
       see you at the safe house rebel.” She told him as she took off.
       Famine groaned from the ground and rubbed his head.”what the
       fuck!” He said to see her retreating back.”why me I didn’t shoot
       the guy!”he complained as he saw his arm was broken from being
       thrown in such a fashion. He sighed thankful he at least heals
       fast,
       It took some time for her to get to the safe house. Once she
       arrived, found bobby passed out on the floor.”oh bobby..” she
       said softly to pick him up and held him close. Her shift slowly
       went away as she held him.”I’m sorry..” she said waiting for the
       rest to come pick them up.
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